M1.9 earthquake 83 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 83 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 12:54 PM HADT (21:54 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 37 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-15 21:54:36 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.576° N, 174.887° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.087 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.951 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 131 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.427 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 124 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.737 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.565 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.6100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5104 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.192 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.210 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 114 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.6121 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.214 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 134 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.853 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.982 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.043 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 96 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.958 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.637 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.7100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.3101 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.629 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.935 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 111 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.983 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.885 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 63 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.6102 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.045 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.7131 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6127 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.032 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.051 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.980 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.875 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.9123 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.958 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.392 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.980 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.752 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.681 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.444 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.972 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.866 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.570 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.642 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 77 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 187 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.687 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.0162 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.736 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.979 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.7121 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.6115 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.695 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
The first 60 of 122.
Before
- 2.792 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.033 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.183 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.938 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 57 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.551 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.783 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.712 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 186 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.845 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.223 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.859 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.556 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.867 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.181 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.972 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.853 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 159 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.142 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.425 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 97 km deep · 68 km away
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