M1.9 earthquake 78 km SSE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 78 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Apr 16, 2021, 3:54 PM HADT (00:54 UTC), 17 km (11 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-17 00:54:28 UTC
- Depth
- 16.9 km (10.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.563° N, 173.689° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.628 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.863 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0124 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.861 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.933 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.228 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9121 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0163 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.220 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.237 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 153 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.154 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 88 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.120 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 146 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.168 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.978 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.968 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 223 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.194 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.363 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.7126 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.345 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 56 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.684 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.0177 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.955 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1140 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.955 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.295 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.281 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.175 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.879 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.6123 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.198 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.099 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.245 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 148 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.042 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.4118 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.3107 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0141 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5159 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.189 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.915 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 178 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 1.654 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.149 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.086 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.629 km NE of Atka, AK · 1993 days ago · 174 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.467 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.7139 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.6115 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7121 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.736 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.687 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 187 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.267 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.060 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.846 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.174 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.974 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.642 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 77 km deep · 48 km away
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