M1.9 earthquake 50 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 50 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 10:57 AM HAST (20:57 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 83 km ESE of Adak, 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
- 2021-01-11 20:57:12 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.760° N, 174.410° 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: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.283 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.050 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 90 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.974 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.991 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.0111 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.382 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.0103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.129 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.193 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.067 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.491 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.463 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.733 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 220 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 72 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.020 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.535 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.963 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.766 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.972 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.09 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 191 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.563 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 182 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.188 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.187 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.978 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.077 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.597 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.078 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.186 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.436 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.076 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.532 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 208 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.293 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.767 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.885 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.789 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.032 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 186 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.123 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 168 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.188 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.128 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 95 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.693 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.956 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.832 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.756 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.333 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 203 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.895 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.732 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 76 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.136 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 156 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.141 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 153 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.498 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.517 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0102 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.847 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 44 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.176 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.755 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 189 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.070 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.931 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 58 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.7100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.860 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 67 km deep · 41 km away
The first 60 of 105.
Before
- 2.7100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.890 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.969 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.195 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5115 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.040 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 44 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.684 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 147 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.746 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.040 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 198 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.636 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 215 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.539 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.678 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.979 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.066 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.173 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 88 km deep · 61 km away
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