Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 119 km SSE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 119 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 7:47 PM HAST (05:47 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-29 05:47:41 UTC
Depth
25.1 km (15.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.168° N, 173.703° 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
12

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.959 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.8125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.1122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.4103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 3.078 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 3.247 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 3.5112 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.2129 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 3.160 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.956 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 3.066 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.3139 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.027 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.753 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.962 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 3.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.923 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.272 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 3.2194 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 3.2165 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 2.3176 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 2.762 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 1.838 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.651 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 1.935 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 2.157 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 121 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.155 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 2.5146 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 2.157 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 2.157 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 2.1130 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 2.1127 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 1.955 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 3.8161 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  38. 2.324 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 3.067 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 1.9114 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.748 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1670 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 2.961 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 3.175 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.6103 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.8155 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.4181 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.250 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.959 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.9132 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.084 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 3.123 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 178 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.971 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 4.373 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 2.879 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 3.0111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 3.6107 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.1113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.6119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 4.3107 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 3.9112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.7175 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away

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