M2.1 earthquake 55 km WSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 55 km WSW of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 8:14 AM HADT (17:14 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 16 km SSE 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
- 2018-07-12 17:14:03 UTC
- Depth
- 70.9 km (44.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.065° N, 174.986° 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
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 85 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.439 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 224 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.394 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.419 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 103 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.867 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.378 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 197 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.061 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 85 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.844 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.762 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 161 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.657 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 57 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.661 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.452 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 135 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.094 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.646 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.3105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.150 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 179 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.561 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.264 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.636 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.366 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.570 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.672 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.917 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 174 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.765 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.063 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 165 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.070 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.224 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.163 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 225 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.574 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 169 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.346 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.444 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.958 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 221 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.059 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 109 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.059 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.673 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.668 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 208 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.4104 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.655 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 192 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.116 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.31 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.250 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.381 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 84 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.476 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.639 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 145 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.014 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 124 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.981 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.332 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 81 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.173 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.947 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.073 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.642 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 220 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.852 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.829 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 197 km deep · 47 km away
The first 60 of 85.
Before
- 1.733 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 53 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2108 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.036 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 56 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.369 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.961 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.063 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.314 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 190 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.794 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.9100 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.297 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.895 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.5105 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.459 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.427 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 161 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.165 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.662 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3010 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3010 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.321 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3010 days ago · 172 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.488 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3011 days ago · 51 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.0100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3013 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
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