M2.0 earthquake 7 km E of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 7 km E of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Dec 9, 2021, 9:40 PM HAST (07:40 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 75 km NE 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
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-10 07:40:42 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.199° N, 174.091° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.4 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 321°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.742 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.283 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.971 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.123 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 178 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.084 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.959 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.250 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 62 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.182 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.175 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.961 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.191 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.927 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.536 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 188 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.959 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.078 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.555 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 130 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.247 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.175 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.275 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 187 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.518 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 146 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.417 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 178 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.160 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.956 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.066 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.027 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 91 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.935 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.184 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.753 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.962 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.383 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 243 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.923 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 81 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.272 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.762 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.2102 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.838 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.935 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.783 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.157 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 121 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.155 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.581 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.587 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 4.373 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.956 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 179 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.879 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.515 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 178 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.568 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.646 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.346 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 56 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.097 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.915 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 85 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.789 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.824 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.952 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 55 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.817 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 76 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.847 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 68 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.087 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.951 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.949 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
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