M1.8 earthquake 61 km E of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 61 km E of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Apr 18, 2021, 6:52 AM HADT (15:52 UTC), 13 km (8 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-18 15:52:42 UTC
- Depth
- 13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.177° N, 173.309° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1153 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.933 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.228 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.220 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 115 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 192 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.237 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 153 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.154 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 88 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.120 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 146 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.168 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.978 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.968 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 223 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.194 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.363 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.345 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.684 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.955 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.295 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.281 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.175 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.879 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.198 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.099 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.245 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 148 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.042 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.3107 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.189 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.915 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 178 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 1.943 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 74 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.9149 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5120 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 102 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.863 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.646 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 192 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.628 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.654 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 65 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.629 km NE of Atka, AK · 2000 days ago · 174 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.467 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.7139 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.294 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 221 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.736 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 187 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.267 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.060 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.846 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
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