M2.5 earthquake 43 km NW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 43 km NW of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 10:43 AM HADT (19:43 UTC), 216 km (134 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 70 km NE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-17 19:43:05 UTC
- Depth
- 216.1 km (134.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.456° N, 174.671° 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
- 23
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.883 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.332 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 126 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.970 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 228 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.182 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 90 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.664 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.632 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.633 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.966 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.050 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.884 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 182 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.863 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.127 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.165 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.134 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 138 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 108 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.822 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.885 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.693 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.469 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 120 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.081 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 115 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.974 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 252 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.079 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 236 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.062 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.678 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.345 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 223 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.675 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.061 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.451 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 172 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.059 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.757 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.276 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 214 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.034 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 88 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.142 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.058 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 211 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.949 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.951 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.950 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.131 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.147 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.972 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.278 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 236 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.554 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.935 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 145 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 155 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 150 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.774 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 137 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.561 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.674 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 149 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.866 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 163 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.811 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.588 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.018 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 170 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.936 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 179 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
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