Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 32 km E of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 32 km E of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 7:16 PM HADT (04:16 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 67 km ESE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-18 04:16:46 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.164° N, 173.722° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Stations used
24

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.663 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.6113 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.372 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.06 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 79 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.818 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 3.275 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 117 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.317 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 197 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.092 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.6109 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.397 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.775 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.918 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 147 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 2.153 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.675 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.134 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 150 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.737 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 202 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.0109 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 3.899 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.568 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.168 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 2.920 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 201 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 2.3103 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 135 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 2.671 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 2.8109 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.129 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 185 km deep · 53 km away
  26. 2.940 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 1.912 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  28. 2.741 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 210 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 1.911 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 74 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 3.110 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 210 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 2.782 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 3.150 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 1.727 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  34. 2.766 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 1.867 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 1.930 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 2.122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 152 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 3.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 3.160 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 224 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 2.068 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 1.813 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 1.815 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  43. 2.114 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 2.014 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  45. 1.513 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 2.114 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 2.315 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  48. 1.613 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 2.015 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 2.890 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 3.028 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 2.746 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 1.653 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 3.3110 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 208 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 3.948 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 105 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.753 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 1.966 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 129 km deep · 36 km away
  58. 3.038 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 67 km deep · 31 km away
  59. 2.678 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 1.863 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 170 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 110.

Before

  1. 2.636 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 176 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.336 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.858 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 3.131 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 1.590 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.429 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 1.686 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.531 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.130 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.842 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 66 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 2.766 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.519 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 186 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.883 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.650 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 75 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 1.836 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 122 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 2.326 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 191 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.878 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 1.89 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.635 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 209 km deep · 64 km away

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