Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 51 km ESE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 51 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 4:26 AM HAST (14:26 UTC), 63 km (39 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-16 14:26:27 UTC
Depth
62.5 km (38.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.069° N, 173.479° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.847 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.817 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.952 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 55 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.824 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 61 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.915 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.097 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 3.346 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.646 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 3.568 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 3.515 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 178 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.879 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.956 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 179 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 4.373 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.07 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.742 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 3.283 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.971 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 3.123 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 178 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 4.084 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 2.959 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 2.250 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 62 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 3.3122 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 3.175 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 2.961 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 2.191 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 1.927 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 3.536 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 188 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 1.959 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 2.4103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 3.078 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 2.555 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 130 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 3.247 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 1.963 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 4.1142 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 4.275 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 187 km deep · 59 km away
  38. 3.518 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 146 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 3.417 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 178 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 3.5112 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 2.8128 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 2.949 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.058 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 211 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.142 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.034 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.059 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.061 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 3.4103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.8111 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.4112 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.483 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 3.983 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 4.097 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.627 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.627 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.345 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 223 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.7138 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 4.069 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 3.079 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 236 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 1.833 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021epggr7m. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.