M1.7 earthquake 17 km SW of Atka, Alaska

Magnitude

1.7 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 5:07 PM HAST

UTC

2021-01-06 03:07:49 UTC

Depth

9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

52.067° N, 174.355° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.2 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.22

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

334°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

5

After

1. 1.814 km WSW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Jan 5, 8:00 PM HAST · 2087 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
2. 2.684 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaTue, Jan 5, 8:27 PM HAST · 2087 days ago · 147 km deep · 76 km away
3. 2.040 km S of Atka, AlaskaTue, Jan 5, 8:57 PM HAST · 2087 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
4. 2.5115 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaWed, Jan 6, 9:19 AM HAST · 2087 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
5. 3.195 km SW of Atka, AlaskaWed, Jan 6, 11:56 AM HAST · 2087 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
6. 2.765 km ENE of Atka, AlaskaFri, Jan 8, 10:56 PM HAST · 2084 days ago · 139 km deep · 82 km away
7. 3.890 km SW of Atka, AlaskaSat, Jan 9, 10:27 AM HAST · 2084 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
8. 2.7100 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaMon, Jan 11, 2:18 AM HAST · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
9. 1.950 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaMon, Jan 11, 10:57 AM HAST · 2082 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
10. 4.050 km W of Atka, AlaskaWed, Jan 13, 6:30 PM HAST · 2079 days ago · 90 km deep · 39 km away
11. 1.974 km SE of Atka, AlaskaWed, Jan 13, 6:58 PM HAST · 2079 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
12. 4.991 km S of Atka, AlaskaWed, Jan 13, 7:13 PM HAST · 2079 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
13. 2.382 km S of Atka, AlaskaFri, Jan 15, 4:18 AM HAST · 2078 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
14. 4.0103 km S of Atka, AlaskaFri, Jan 15, 5:50 AM HAST · 2078 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
15. 2.129 km SW of Atka, AlaskaFri, Jan 15, 11:17 AM HAST · 2078 days ago · 90 km deep · 12 km away
16. 3.193 km S of Atka, AlaskaFri, Jan 15, 1:48 PM HAST · 2077 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
17. 2.067 km S of Atka, AlaskaFri, Jan 15, 2:35 PM HAST · 2077 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
18. 2.491 km SW of Atka, AlaskaFri, Jan 15, 3:51 PM HAST · 2077 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
19. 4.465 km NNW of Atka, AlaskaFri, Jan 15, 5:37 PM HAST · 2077 days ago · 215 km deep · 75 km away
20. 2.463 km SW of Atka, AlaskaFri, Jan 15, 9:29 PM HAST · 2077 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
21. 2.165 km SE of Atka, AlaskaSat, Jan 16, 6:25 AM HAST · 2077 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
22. 2.733 km SW of Atka, AlaskaMon, Jan 18, 7:01 AM HAST · 2075 days ago · 220 km deep · 15 km away
23. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaMon, Jan 18, 9:20 AM HAST · 2075 days ago · 72 km deep · 8 km away
24. 2.020 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaMon, Jan 18, 4:23 PM HAST · 2074 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
25. 1.535 km SE of Atka, AlaskaTue, Jan 19, 7:31 PM HAST · 2073 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
26. 1.963 km E of Adak, AlaskaWed, Jan 20, 5:01 AM HAST · 2073 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
27. 1.766 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaThu, Jan 21, 2:21 AM HAST · 2072 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
28. 1.972 km ESE of Atka, AlaskaThu, Jan 21, 5:49 PM HAST · 2071 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
29. 3.09 km NW of Atka, AlaskaFri, Jan 22, 2:40 AM HAST · 2071 days ago · 191 km deep · 21 km away
30. 2.563 km ENE of Adak, AlaskaFri, Jan 22, 8:19 AM HAST · 2071 days ago · 182 km deep · 96 km away
31. 2.188 km SW of Atka, AlaskaFri, Jan 22, 9:46 PM HAST · 2070 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
32. 2.597 km SW of Atka, AlaskaSun, Jan 24, 5:47 PM HAST · 2068 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
33. 2.078 km S of Atka, AlaskaMon, Jan 25, 6:55 AM HAST · 2068 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
34. 3.436 km E of Atka, AlaskaFri, Jan 29, 10:12 AM HAST · 2064 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
35. 2.076 km WSW of Atka, AlaskaSat, Jan 30, 3:32 AM HAST · 2063 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
36. 2.532 km W of Atka, AlaskaSat, Jan 30, 9:37 AM HAST · 2063 days ago · 208 km deep · 27 km away
37. 2.767 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaMon, Feb 1, 3:25 AM HAST · 2061 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
38. 2.032 km WSW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Feb 2, 1:23 PM HAST · 2059 days ago · 186 km deep · 17 km away
39. 2.123 km WNW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Feb 2, 5:06 PM HAST · 2059 days ago · 168 km deep · 24 km away
40. 2.188 km E of Adak, AlaskaTue, Feb 2, 9:13 PM HAST · 2059 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
41. 3.128 km ESE of Atka, AlaskaTue, Feb 2, 10:29 PM HAST · 2059 days ago · 95 km deep · 34 km away
42. 2.693 km SW of Atka, AlaskaWed, Feb 3, 12:01 AM HAST · 2059 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
43. 1.956 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaWed, Feb 3, 7:28 PM HAST · 2058 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
44. 1.832 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaThu, Feb 4, 5:12 PM HAST · 2057 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
45. 1.756 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaThu, Feb 4, 7:11 PM HAST · 2057 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
46. 3.333 km NNW of Atka, AlaskaSun, Feb 7, 2:00 AM HAST · 2055 days ago · 203 km deep · 44 km away
47. 1.895 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaSun, Feb 7, 8:29 PM HAST · 2054 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
48. 2.732 km S of Atka, AlaskaSun, Feb 7, 10:12 PM HAST · 2054 days ago · 76 km deep · 21 km away
49. 2.136 km E of Atka, AlaskaSun, Feb 7, 11:36 PM HAST · 2054 days ago · 156 km deep · 47 km away
50. 2.141 km NNE of Atka, AlaskaMon, Feb 8, 3:05 AM HAST · 2054 days ago · 153 km deep · 59 km away
51. 3.498 km S of Atka, AlaskaTue, Feb 9, 5:11 AM HAST · 2053 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
52. 2.665 km NNW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Feb 9, 10:13 AM HAST · 2053 days ago · 195 km deep · 75 km away
53. 1.517 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Feb 9, 3:15 PM HAST · 2052 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
54. 2.0102 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Feb 9, 5:13 PM HAST · 2052 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
55. 1.847 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Feb 9, 7:38 PM HAST · 2052 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
56. 3.176 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaThu, Feb 11, 8:19 AM HAST · 2051 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
57. 2.755 km NNW of Atka, AlaskaFri, Feb 12, 12:13 PM HAST · 2050 days ago · 189 km deep · 64 km away
58. 3.070 km SE of Atka, AlaskaSun, Feb 14, 5:26 AM HAST · 2048 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
59. 1.931 km S of Atka, AlaskaMon, Feb 15, 10:51 PM HAST · 2046 days ago · 58 km deep · 20 km away
60. 3.7100 km SW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Feb 16, 9:50 AM HAST · 2046 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 90.

Before

1. 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaMon, Jan 4, 8:30 PM HAST · 2088 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
2. 1.746 km SW of Atka, AlaskaMon, Jan 4, 2:58 PM HAST · 2088 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
3. 3.040 km NNW of Atka, AlaskaMon, Jan 4, 8:10 AM HAST · 2089 days ago · 198 km deep · 50 km away
4. 2.636 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaMon, Jan 4, 1:10 AM HAST · 2089 days ago · 215 km deep · 20 km away
5. 2.539 km E of Atka, AlaskaSun, Jan 3, 8:17 PM HAST · 2089 days ago · 113 km deep · 53 km away
6. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaThu, Dec 31, 11:59 AM HAST · 2093 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
7. 1.979 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaWed, Dec 30, 11:04 AM HAST · 2094 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
8. 3.066 km S of Atka, AlaskaWed, Dec 30, 4:45 AM HAST · 2094 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
9. 1.975 km E of Adak, AlaskaTue, Dec 29, 10:27 PM HAST · 2094 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
10. 2.173 km WSW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Dec 29, 4:44 PM HAST · 2094 days ago · 88 km deep · 60 km away
11. 2.956 km NE of Atka, AlaskaTue, Dec 29, 11:33 AM HAST · 2095 days ago · 201 km deep · 74 km away
12. 3.335 km SW of Atka, AlaskaMon, Dec 28, 11:39 PM HAST · 2095 days ago · 91 km deep · 19 km away
13. 1.618 km ENE of Atka, AlaskaMon, Dec 28, 9:14 PM HAST · 2095 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
14. 3.6101 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaMon, Dec 28, 8:13 AM HAST · 2096 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
15. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaMon, Dec 28, 4:40 AM HAST · 2096 days ago · 175 km deep · 54 km away
16. 2.181 km SW of Atka, AlaskaSat, Dec 26, 1:44 PM HAST · 2097 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
17. 2.094 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaFri, Dec 25, 4:28 AM HAST · 2099 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
18. 3.888 km SW of Atka, AlaskaFri, Dec 25, 2:45 AM HAST · 2099 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
19. 3.666 km E of Atka, AlaskaTue, Dec 22, 4:56 PM HAST · 2101 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away
20. 2.563 km ENE of Adak, AlaskaSat, Dec 19, 10:37 AM HAST · 2105 days ago · 217 km deep · 98 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91016313. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:23 AM UTC.