M1.8 earthquake 15 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 15 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Apr 18, 2021, 1:55 AM HADT (10:55 UTC), 74 km (46 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-18 10:55:07 UTC
- Depth
- 74.0 km (46.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.070° N, 174.291° 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: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.943 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.861 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.678 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.933 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 221 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.228 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 70 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.6102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.683 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.220 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 115 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 192 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.7106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.237 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 153 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.154 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 88 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.120 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 146 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.168 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.893 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.978 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.968 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 223 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 78 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 44 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.869 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.194 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.363 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.345 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 56 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.6100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.599 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.199 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.684 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.955 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.579 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.955 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.295 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.281 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.175 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.879 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.198 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.099 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.984 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 238 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.245 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 148 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.042 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 55 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.3107 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.189 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.915 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 178 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.193 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 2.182 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 116 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.863 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.646 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 192 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.628 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.654 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.149 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.086 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.075 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 233 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.629 km NE of Atka, AK · 1992 days ago · 174 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.695 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.467 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.979 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.736 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 221 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.687 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 187 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.267 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
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