M2.1 earthquake 56 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 56 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 11:10 PM HADT (08:10 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 27 km ESE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-28 08:10:52 UTC
- Depth
- 73.2 km (45.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.896° N, 174.869° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0108 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.648 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 68 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.720 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 220 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.435 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.7103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2124 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.227 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 3.343 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.638 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.642 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.727 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 153 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.837 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.962 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.484 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.7128 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 185 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.992 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 226 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.997 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.786 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.745 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 180 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.423 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 172 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.882 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 255 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.246 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.48 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 187 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.257 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.693 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.557 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.272 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.169 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.985 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 102 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.959 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.575 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 244 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.243 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.5113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.669 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.932 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 71 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.128 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.133 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.417 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 154 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.872 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.340 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 195 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.561 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.317 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.563 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.981 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.247 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 174 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.365 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 178 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.064 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.945 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 174 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.554 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.298 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.045 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of 98.
Before
- 1.538 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.533 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.956 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.520 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 169 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.824 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 56 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.449 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9127 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.757 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 64 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 167 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.867 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.947 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.735 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.667 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.254 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.073 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.5118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.764 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 172 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.723 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 191 km deep · 62 km away
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