M1.9 earthquake 27 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 27 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 2:36 PM HAST (00:36 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 26 km ENE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-29 00:36:01 UTC
- Depth
- 64.9 km (40.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.047° N, 174.520° 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: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.485 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 189 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.536 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 188 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.959 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.799 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.4103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.078 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.555 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 130 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.247 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 64 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.175 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.278 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 183 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.518 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 146 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.417 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 178 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.787 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 76 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.957 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 155 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.773 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.160 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.956 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.066 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.073 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.027 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 91 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.789 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.774 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 84 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.935 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 68 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.669 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.753 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.962 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.383 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 243 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.923 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 81 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.470 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 154 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.293 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.394 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.272 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.762 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.838 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.935 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.783 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.597 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.157 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 121 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.155 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.581 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.587 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.622 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.254 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 137 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.577 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 175 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.652 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 151 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.955 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 76.
Before
- 2.961 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.175 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.182 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.6103 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.875 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.250 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.959 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.084 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.123 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 178 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.971 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 54 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.096 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.792 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.274 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 185 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.07 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.373 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.063 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.956 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 179 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.879 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
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