Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 42 km ESE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 42 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 2:46 PM HAST (00:46 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 73 km SSE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-14 00:46:50 UTC
Depth
14.8 km (9.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.075° N, 173.617° 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
13

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.058 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 211 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.949 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.951 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 63 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 1.657 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.847 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 1.817 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 76 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.952 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 55 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.824 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 1.915 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 85 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.097 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 3.346 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 56 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.646 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 3.568 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 91 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 3.515 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 178 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.879 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.956 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 179 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 4.373 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.07 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 1.742 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 3.283 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 2.971 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 3.123 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 178 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 4.084 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 2.959 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 2.250 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 62 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 3.3122 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
  30. 3.175 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 2.961 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 2.191 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  33. 1.927 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 3.536 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 188 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 1.959 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 2.4103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 3.078 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 2.555 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 130 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 3.247 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 3.175 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 1.963 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 4.275 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 187 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 3.518 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 146 km deep · 45 km away

Before

  1. 2.034 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.757 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.059 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 3.0102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.061 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 3.4103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.8111 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.675 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.4112 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.483 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 3.983 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 4.097 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.790 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.980 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.627 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.627 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.345 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 223 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 4.069 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away

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