M2.1 earthquake 57 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 57 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 5:22 AM HADT (14:22 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-21 14:22:09 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.709° N, 174.488° 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.
- Stations used
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 185 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7143 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.666 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.867 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.956 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.054 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.732 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.175 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 158 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.679 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.5131 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.178 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3146 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.043 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 85 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.059 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 69 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.6100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.981 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 126 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.160 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.19 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 170 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.074 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.059 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.639 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.736 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.211 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 160 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.856 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.126 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 129 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.467 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.669 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.758 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 49 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.248 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.775 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 179 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.762 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 101 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.850 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.166 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.051 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.963 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.072 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.941 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.777 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.772 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.636 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 59 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.9101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.948 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 44 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.134 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.142 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 57 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.692 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.942 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.776 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.182 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 111 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0104 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.570 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.6119 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.688 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.986 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.840 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
The first 60 of 185.
Before
- 3.269 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.087 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.653 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.062 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.781 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.170 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 55 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.740 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.864 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.934 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 61 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.649 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 70 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.074 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.032 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 222 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 67 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.313 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 100 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.318 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 165 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.231 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 214 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.832 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
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