M1.9 earthquake 47 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 47 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 2:54 AM HADT (11:54 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 81 km S of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-17 11:54:52 UTC
- Depth
- 53.3 km (33.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.779° N, 174.366° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0135 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.543 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 216 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7105 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.777 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.883 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.796 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.332 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 126 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.777 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.182 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.464 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.664 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 56 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.876 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.632 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 80 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.191 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.993 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.881 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.633 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 75 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.966 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.050 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.863 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 81 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.995 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.127 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.165 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.0108 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.134 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 138 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.890 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 108 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.822 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 72 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.885 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.693 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.469 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 120 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.081 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 71 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.974 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 252 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.982 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.985 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.069 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.062 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.881 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.678 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.345 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 223 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 67 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 67 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.980 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.7108 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.790 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.097 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.983 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.483 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.4112 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.675 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.5103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of 73.
Before
- 2.687 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.1110 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.950 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 61 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.131 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.147 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.7101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.972 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.7109 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.278 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 236 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.554 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.893 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.935 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 145 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 155 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.774 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 137 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.561 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.674 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 149 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.866 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.811 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.588 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
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