Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 211 km SSE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 211 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 4:31 PM HADT (01:31 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 200 km SSE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-14 01:31:10 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
50.528° N, 172.748° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
249°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.3200 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 2.0193 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.8197 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 2.9178 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 3.0167 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.0163 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.1165 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.1178 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.7188 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.2140 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.2180 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.8217 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.9183 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 2.2187 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.0199 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.0205 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.7173 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.9152 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 3.0171 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.3161 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 3.0186 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 3.1200 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.2155 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.2150 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.3165 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.7160 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.7187 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 1.5189 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.1165 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 3.2132 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.2173 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 2.7173 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000f3yh (also filed as ak021ads8ksh). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:14 PM UTC.