M2.0 earthquake 42 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 42 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Mon, May 31, 2021, 6:08 AM HADT (15:08 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 49 km ESE of Adak, 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-31 15:08:04 UTC
- Depth
- 54.8 km (34.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.925° N, 174.631° 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.189 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.915 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 178 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.193 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9105 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.694 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.994 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.862 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.644 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.066 km ESE of Atka, AK · 1922 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.330 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 76 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.084 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.2103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.69 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 101 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.448 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 223 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.110 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 166 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.760 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.822 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 101 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.099 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.639 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 96 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.270 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.856 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.618 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 184 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.282 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.274 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 52 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.191 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.635 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 209 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.89 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.569 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.878 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.782 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.580 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.498 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.297 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.326 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 191 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.049 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
- 2.955 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.462 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.653 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.836 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 122 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.650 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.883 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.059 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9107 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.857 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.519 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 186 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.075 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 94 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.944 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 125 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.842 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.853 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 146 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.130 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.531 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 70 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.654 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 170 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.596 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of 118.
Before
- 4.245 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 148 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.744 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.984 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 238 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.879 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.175 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.281 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.955 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.579 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.955 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 51 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.684 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.199 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.599 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.6100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.345 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
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