Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 63 km ESE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 63 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Jul 18, 2021, 12:16 AM HADT (09:16 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 75 km E of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-18 09:16:24 UTC
Depth
49.6 km (30.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.935° N, 173.372° 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.

How well it is located

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Stations used
24

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6113 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.372 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 37 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 2.06 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.818 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 3.275 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 117 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.317 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 197 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.092 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.6109 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.397 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.918 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 147 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.153 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 2.675 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.134 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 150 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.737 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 202 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.0109 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 3.899 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.168 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 2.920 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 201 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.3103 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 135 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.671 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 2.8109 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 2.129 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 185 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.940 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 1.912 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 2.741 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 210 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 1.911 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 3.110 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 210 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 3.2132 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 2.782 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 3.150 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 1.727 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 3.1156 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 2.766 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 1.930 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 2.122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 152 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 3.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 3.160 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 224 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.068 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
  39. 1.813 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 1.815 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 2.114 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 2.014 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 1.513 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 2.114 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.315 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 1.613 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 2.015 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 2.890 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  49. 3.028 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 2.746 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 1.653 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 3.3110 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 208 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 3.948 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 105 km deep · 26 km away
  54. 2.753 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 1.966 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 129 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 3.038 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 67 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 2.678 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 2.2103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 3.227 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 2.829 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 217 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 108.

Before

  1. 2.432 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.636 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 176 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.336 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 3.131 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 1.590 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 2.429 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.686 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.531 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.130 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.842 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 66 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 2.766 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.519 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 186 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.883 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.650 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 75 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 1.836 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 122 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.326 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 191 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.89 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.635 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 209 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.274 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021959eggu. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 6:20 AM UTC.