M2.0 earthquake 120 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 120 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Aug 6, 2021, 8:18 PM HADT (05:18 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 111 km SSW 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
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-07 05:18:32 UTC
- Depth
- 20.8 km (12.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.281° N, 175.137° 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
- 23
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.072 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.867 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.6112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.6112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.6101 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.9111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.0112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.930 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.774 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 152 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.054 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.744 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.685 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.160 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 224 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6116 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.746 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.574 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.142 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 69 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.183 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.573 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.572 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.464 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.980 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.690 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.645 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.871 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 149 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.675 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.668 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9170 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.796 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.689 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.578 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.758 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.2187 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 122 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.748 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 149 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.684 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.676 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.958 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 156 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 148 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of 117.
Before
- 1.9123 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.766 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.969 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.565 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.672 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.150 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.244 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.741 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 210 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.578 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.054 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.666 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.896 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.685 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.563 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.055 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 179 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.172 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
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