M4.0 earthquake 84 km SE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 84 km SE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Dec 13, 2021, 2:05 PM HAST (00:05 UTC), 35 km (22 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-14 00:05:05 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.694° N, 173.289° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9132 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.959 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.1169 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.250 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.3122 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.8155 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6103 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.175 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.961 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.191 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.927 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2119 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.959 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.078 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.247 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1142 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.275 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 187 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.518 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 146 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.417 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 178 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.5112 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.8128 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2129 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.160 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.956 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.066 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.027 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 91 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.935 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.184 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.753 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.962 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.923 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.272 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.2165 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.762 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.2102 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.838 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.935 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.157 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 121 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.155 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.5146 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.622 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 3.123 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 178 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.971 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 40 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.07 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.373 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.879 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.515 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 178 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.568 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.346 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.097 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.915 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 85 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.824 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.8130 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.952 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 55 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.817 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.847 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.951 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.949 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.142 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
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