M1.7 earthquake 73 km WSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 73 km WSW of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 10:45 AM HADT (19:45 UTC), 73 km (45 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-26 19:45:29 UTC
- Depth
- 73.0 km (45.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.992° N, 175.219° 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
- 27
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.796 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.942 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 189 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.689 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.578 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 110 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 122 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.748 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 149 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 112 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3116 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 255 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.684 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 64 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.676 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.246 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 137 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.958 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 156 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 148 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.512 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 153 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.018 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 170 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.710 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 156 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.588 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 58 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.811 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.933 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 163 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.866 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.674 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 149 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.561 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.367 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 39 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.774 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 137 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 150 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 155 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.278 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 236 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.739 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 132 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.972 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.651 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 93 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.7101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.147 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.131 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.950 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.687 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.543 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 216 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.777 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.557 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.883 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 64 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.970 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 228 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.182 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 90 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.464 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 106.
Before
- 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.668 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.675 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.871 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 149 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 219 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.645 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.74 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 129 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.529 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 175 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.980 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 71 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.318 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 146 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.915 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 151 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.921 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.853 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
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