M1.6 earthquake 53 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 53 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 9:20 PM HADT (06:20 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 81 km S 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-13 06:20:11 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.735° N, 174.432° 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
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.948 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.753 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.183 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.038 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.678 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.573 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.2103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.863 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 170 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.227 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.829 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 217 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.748 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.767 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.833 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.5102 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.853 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.967 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.059 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.921 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.318 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 146 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.980 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 71 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.739 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.690 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.529 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.74 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 129 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 219 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.871 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 149 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.675 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.542 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.668 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.983 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.796 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.085 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.877 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.689 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.578 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 110 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 122 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.647 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.684 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.676 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.836 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 119 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.958 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 156 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.936 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 179 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.018 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 170 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.588 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.811 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.866 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.674 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 149 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.561 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.367 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.774 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 137 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of 106.
Before
- 1.574 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.746 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.028 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6116 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.890 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.015 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.613 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.315 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.114 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.513 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.014 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.114 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.815 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.813 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.068 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.160 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 224 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.685 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 152 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.930 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 65 km deep · 26 km away
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