Alaska earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 82 km SW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 82 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Jul 18, 2021, 11:30 AM HADT (20:30 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (mb), minor
Local time
UTC
2021-07-18 20:30:13 UTC
Depth
48.8 km (30.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.775° N, 175.186° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
68°
Stations used
83

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 185 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 185.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000en94 (also filed as ak02195g16t4). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.