Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 73 km WSW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 73 km WSW of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 10:08 PM HAST (08:08 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 49 km SW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-16 08:08:29 UTC
Depth
74.1 km (46.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.992° N, 175.225° 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

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Stations used
14

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 131 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.949 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 72 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 1.657 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 70 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.087 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.847 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.817 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.596 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 2.273 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 170 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.967 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 146 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 1.564 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.824 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.750 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.958 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 81 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 1.789 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 3.248 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.992 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.915 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.770 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.766 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 2.749 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 151 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 2.068 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 144 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 3.133 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 222 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 1.878 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 3.246 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 3.365 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 191 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 2.536 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 130 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 3.454 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 3.346 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 2.646 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
  33. 3.568 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 2.223 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 114 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 1.951 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 89 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 1.797 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 2.980 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 3.515 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 178 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 2.131 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 3.9112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 153 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 4.3107 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 2.6119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 2.1113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 3.6107 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 3.0111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 2.840 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 2.063 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 1.956 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 2.772 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 2.07 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 3.274 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 185 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 1.640 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 2.792 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 2.096 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  58. 1.742 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 54 km deep · 42 km away
  59. 2.570 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  60. 2.339 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 127 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 131.

Before

  1. 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 1.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.058 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 211 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.851 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.976 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 57 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.034 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 88 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 2.276 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 214 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 1.757 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 75 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.059 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.050 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 81 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.770 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.998 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 226 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.575 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.451 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 172 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.061 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 63 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 3.128 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 3.153 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021epcsau1. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 4:09 AM UTC.