M1.9 earthquake 59 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 59 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Dec 29, 2021, 7:21 PM HAST (05:21 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 26 km ENE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-30 05:21:10 UTC
- Depth
- 10.6 km (6.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.715° N, 174.573° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.799 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.4103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.078 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.247 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.175 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.278 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 183 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.518 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 146 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.417 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 178 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.2129 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.267 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.571 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.787 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.773 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.160 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.956 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.066 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.073 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3139 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.027 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 91 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.789 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.951 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.774 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 84 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.935 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 68 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.669 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 39 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.753 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.962 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.383 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 243 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.983 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.923 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.470 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 154 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.293 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.394 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.272 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.762 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.573 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.838 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 51 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 57 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.935 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 41 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.783 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.866 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.597 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.157 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 121 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.155 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.581 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.587 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.671 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of 89.
Before
- 3.536 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 188 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2119 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.927 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.961 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.780 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.175 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.182 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6103 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.787 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.391 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.875 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.250 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.959 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.9132 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.084 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.123 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 178 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.570 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.971 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
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