M2.1 earthquake 33 km SE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 33 km SE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 9:23 PM HADT (06:23 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 47 km NNW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2017-08-15 06:23:10 UTC
- Depth
- 1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.004° N, 173.821° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.417 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 154 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.5102 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.872 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.340 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 195 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.561 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.317 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 66 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.563 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.247 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 174 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.064 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.945 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 174 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.045 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.929 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 71 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.746 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.979 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.789 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.458 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.840 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 168 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.437 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.945 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.077 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.032 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 238 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.470 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 96 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.150 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.967 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.4100 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 220 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.010 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 229 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.851 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.811 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 79 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.380 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.951 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 111 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.855 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.567 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.181 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 183 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.426 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 175 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.974 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.473 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.359 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8101 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.631 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 68 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0111 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.637 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.442 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 90 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.969 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.991 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.018 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.762 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.325 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 155 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.949 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.653 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 2.128 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 82 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.932 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.669 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.243 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 60 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.169 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.272 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.557 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.257 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 56 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.48 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 187 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.246 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 44 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.423 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 172 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.786 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.997 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.068 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.484 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.962 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.837 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.727 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 153 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.571 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 87 km deep · 56 km away
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