M2.0 earthquake 112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Aug 8, 2021, 7:06 AM HADT (16:06 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 22 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
- 2021-08-08 16:06:55 UTC
- Depth
- 11.6 km (7.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.266° N, 174.822° 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
- 29
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.930 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.774 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 152 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.054 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.685 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.160 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 224 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.068 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6116 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.028 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.746 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.574 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.183 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.038 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.573 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.464 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5102 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.853 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.059 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.921 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.980 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.690 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.871 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 149 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.675 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.668 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9170 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.796 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.085 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.689 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.578 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 110 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2187 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 122 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1178 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.748 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 149 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.684 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.676 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.992 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8182 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.588 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 58 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.570 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.866 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.561 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.367 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 99.
Before
- 3.9111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 27 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.6101 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.6112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.867 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.072 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0120 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9123 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.766 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.969 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.565 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.672 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.150 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.741 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 210 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.054 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.666 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
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