M1.9 earthquake 30 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 30 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Aug 8, 2021, 12:47 PM HADT (21:47 UTC), 65 km (40 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-08 21:47:55 UTC
- Depth
- 64.7 km (40.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.965° N, 174.448° 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
- 22
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 152 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.685 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.160 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 224 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.068 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.813 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.815 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.114 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.014 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.513 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.114 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.315 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.613 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.015 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.890 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6116 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.028 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 71 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.746 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.574 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.948 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 105 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.753 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.966 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 129 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.183 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.038 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.678 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.573 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.2103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.863 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 170 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.227 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.829 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 217 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.748 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.767 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.833 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5102 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 53 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.853 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.967 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.059 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.349 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 247 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.921 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.318 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 146 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 71 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.739 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.690 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.529 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.74 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 129 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 219 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.871 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 149 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.542 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.983 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.796 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.085 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of 115.
Before
- 2.0112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.9111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.6112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.6112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.867 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.072 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0120 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9123 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.766 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.727 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.150 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.782 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.110 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 210 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.911 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 74 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.741 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 210 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.912 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.896 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.685 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.074 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 206 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.055 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 179 km deep · 97 km away
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