M1.7 earthquake 4 km NNE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 4 km NNE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Aug 23, 2021, 3:50 PM HADT (00:50 UTC), 129 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-24 00:50:14 UTC
- Depth
- 128.8 km (80.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.233° N, 174.165° 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: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 219 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.542 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.983 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.085 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.877 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.578 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 110 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 122 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.647 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.684 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.836 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 119 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.936 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 179 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.018 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 170 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.811 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.866 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.674 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 149 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.561 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.774 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 137 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 155 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.935 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 145 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.893 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.554 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.278 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 236 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.972 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.147 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.131 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.950 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.687 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 53 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.543 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 216 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.883 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.796 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.332 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 126 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.777 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.182 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 90 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.464 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.664 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.632 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 80 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.191 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.993 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.881 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.633 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.050 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.863 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.995 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.127 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.134 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 138 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 108 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.822 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 72 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 1.529 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.690 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.739 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 71 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.318 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 146 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.921 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.349 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 247 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.059 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.967 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.853 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.833 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.767 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.748 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.829 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 217 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.227 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.863 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 170 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.573 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
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