M1.7 earthquake 109 km S of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 109 km S of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 3:09 AM HADT (12:09 UTC), 24 km (15 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
- 2021-09-08 12:09:55 UTC
- Depth
- 24.4 km (15.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.212° N, 174.185° 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
- 25
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.972 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.7101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.147 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.131 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.950 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1110 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.9183 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.687 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.0135 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.7105 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.796 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.777 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.464 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.664 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.191 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.881 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.633 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.050 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.863 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.995 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.127 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.0108 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.134 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 138 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.890 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.822 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.693 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.069 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.7138 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1178 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.345 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 223 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.980 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.7108 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.790 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.097 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.983 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.483 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.4112 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.675 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8111 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.4103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 2.893 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.866 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.588 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.1113 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.8182 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2180 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2140 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7188 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1178 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2187 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.085 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.796 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.983 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9170 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.542 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1165 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.690 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
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