M2.3 earthquake 72 km ESE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 72 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 7:53 AM HADT (16:53 UTC), 37 km (23 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-19 16:53:26 UTC
- Depth
- 37.4 km (23.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.887° N, 173.265° 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: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.06 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.818 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.275 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 117 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.317 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 197 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.092 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6109 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.397 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 147 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.153 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.675 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.134 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 150 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0109 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.899 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.168 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.920 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 201 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3103 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 135 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.671 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.8109 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.129 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 185 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.940 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.912 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.741 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 210 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.911 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.110 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 210 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.2132 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.782 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.150 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.727 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.1156 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.766 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.930 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 152 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.160 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 224 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.068 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.813 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.815 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.114 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.014 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.513 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.114 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.315 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.613 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.015 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.890 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.028 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.746 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.3110 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 208 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.948 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 105 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.753 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.966 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 129 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.038 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.678 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 44 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.2103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.227 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.829 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 217 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.748 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.767 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 79 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 74 km deep · 13 km away
The first 60 of 107.
Before
- 2.6113 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.663 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 50 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.432 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.336 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.131 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.590 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.429 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.686 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.531 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.130 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.842 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 66 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.766 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.519 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 186 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.883 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.650 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 75 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.836 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 122 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.326 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 191 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.89 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.618 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 184 km deep · 90 km away
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