Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 47 km ESE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 47 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Apr 15, 2021, 4:31 PM HADT (01:31 UTC), 65 km (41 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 75 km SE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-16 01:31:12 UTC
Depth
65.2 km (40.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.079° N, 173.532° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Stations used
17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.149 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.654 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.978 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.628 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 3.646 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 192 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.863 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 2.5120 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 102 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.815 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 74 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.943 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.861 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.933 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 2.228 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 70 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 2.220 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 115 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 192 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.237 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 153 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.154 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 88 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.120 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 146 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 3.168 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 1.978 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.968 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 223 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 2.194 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 2.363 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 3.345 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 56 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 2.684 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 2.955 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 3.955 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 4.295 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 4.281 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 5.175 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 3.879 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 3.6123 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 4.198 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 4.099 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 4.245 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 148 km deep · 14 km away
  37. 2.042 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 3.3107 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  42. 4.189 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 2.915 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 178 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 2.086 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.629 km NE of Atka, AK · 1992 days ago · 174 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 3.467 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.7139 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 4.294 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 221 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.163 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 1.736 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 3.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 221 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.59 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 187 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 3.267 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.060 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 1.846 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 3.174 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 3.974 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.642 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 4.276 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 189 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.866 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 3.752 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.980 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.032 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away

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