M1.9 earthquake 78 km SE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 78 km SE of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 5:05 PM HADT (02:05 UTC), 12 km (7 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-25 02:05:27 UTC
- Depth
- 11.5 km (7.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.711° N, 173.362° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.968 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 223 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.194 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.363 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.7126 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.345 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 56 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.684 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.955 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1140 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.955 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.295 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.281 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 41 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.175 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.879 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 45 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.6123 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.198 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.099 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.245 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 148 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.042 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.4118 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.3107 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.0141 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5159 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.189 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.915 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 178 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.994 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 3.168 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.120 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 146 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.154 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 88 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.237 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 153 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.220 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.0163 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.228 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.933 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1153 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.861 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.9149 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0124 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.5120 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 102 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.863 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.628 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.654 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.149 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
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