M2.6 earthquake 18 km NW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 18 km NW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Jul 7, 2021, 9:55 PM HADT (06:55 UTC), 184 km (114 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 67 km ESE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-08 06:55:34 UTC
- Depth
- 183.6 km (114.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.319° N, 174.381° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 131 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.274 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.191 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.635 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 209 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.89 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.878 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.326 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 191 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.836 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 122 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.650 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.519 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 186 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.766 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.075 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 94 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.842 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.130 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.531 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.429 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.571 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.131 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.380 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.858 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.336 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.636 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 176 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.432 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.663 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.982 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.372 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.06 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 79 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.818 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 73 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.275 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 117 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.983 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.317 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 197 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.694 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 248 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.775 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.882 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 147 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.968 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 166 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.153 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.675 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.134 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 150 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.737 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 202 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.867 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 147 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.190 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.568 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.291 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.168 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.920 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 201 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.978 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 166 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.079 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 191 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.671 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.776 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 179 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.129 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 185 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.940 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.682 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.172 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.074 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 206 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.685 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.896 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.912 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.741 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 210 km deep · 51 km away
The first 60 of 131.
Before
- 2.572 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.856 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.270 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.822 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 101 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.760 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 76 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.110 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 166 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.448 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 223 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.69 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 101 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.330 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.066 km ESE of Atka, AK · 1914 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.193 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.915 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 178 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
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