M2.3 earthquake 18 km N of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 18 km N of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 4:59 AM HADT (13:59 UTC), 146 km (90 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 81 km S 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
- 2021-08-22 13:59:53 UTC
- Depth
- 145.6 km (90.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.364° N, 174.164° 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: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.739 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.529 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.74 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 129 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 219 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.542 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.983 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.877 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.578 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.647 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.836 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 119 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.936 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 179 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.018 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 170 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.811 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.866 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.561 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 155 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.935 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 145 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.554 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.278 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 236 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.972 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.147 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.131 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.950 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.543 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 216 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.332 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 126 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.777 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.182 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.464 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.664 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.632 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 80 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.881 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.633 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 75 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.050 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.863 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 81 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.127 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.134 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 138 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 108 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.822 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 1.921 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.349 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 247 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.059 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.967 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.853 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.833 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.767 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.748 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.829 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 217 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.227 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.863 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 170 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.573 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.678 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.038 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.966 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 129 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.753 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.948 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 105 km deep · 51 km away
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