M1.9 earthquake 72 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 72 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 7:43 PM HADT (04:43 UTC), 22 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 89 km SW 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-09 04:43:23 UTC
- Depth
- 21.5 km (13.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.621° N, 174.690° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.651 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.7101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.147 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.131 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.950 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 61 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.687 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.0135 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.543 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 216 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7105 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.777 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.557 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.883 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.796 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.332 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 126 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.777 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.182 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.464 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.664 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 56 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.876 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.632 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.191 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.967 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.881 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.633 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.966 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.050 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.863 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.995 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.127 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.165 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.134 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 138 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.890 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 54 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 108 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.822 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.885 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.050 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 3.693 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.469 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 120 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.081 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 115 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.563 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.974 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 252 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.982 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of 82.
Before
- 1.7109 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.278 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 236 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.893 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 155 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 150 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.774 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 137 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.367 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.561 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.674 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 149 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.866 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.811 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.588 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.018 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 170 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 148 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.958 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 156 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.676 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
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