M2.1 earthquake 14 km NW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 14 km NW of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 10:16 AM HADT (19:16 UTC), 155 km (97 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
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-07 19:16:18 UTC
- Depth
- 155.4 km (96.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.285° N, 174.356° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.935 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 145 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.554 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.278 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 236 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.972 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.147 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.131 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.950 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.687 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.543 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 216 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.883 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.332 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 126 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.777 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.182 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.464 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.664 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 56 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.632 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.881 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.633 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.050 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.884 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 182 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.863 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 81 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.127 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.134 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 138 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.890 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 108 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.822 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 72 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.885 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.693 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.469 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 120 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.081 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 115 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.974 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 252 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.079 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 236 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.069 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.678 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.345 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 223 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.980 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.790 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.983 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.483 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.675 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 1.774 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 137 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.561 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.674 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 149 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.866 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.811 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.588 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.018 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 170 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.936 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 179 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.836 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 119 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.684 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.647 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 122 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.578 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 110 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.877 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.085 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.796 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.983 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
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