M1.9 earthquake 85 km WSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 85 km WSW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Aug 21, 2024, 3:09 AM HADT (12:09 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 18 km WSW 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-21 12:09:32 UTC
- Depth
- 71.1 km (44.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.929° N, 175.363° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 104 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.937 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 773 days ago · 175 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 773 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.949 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 773 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.138 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 773 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.884 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 773 days ago · 69 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.662 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 773 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.569 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 772 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.928 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 772 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 772 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.050 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 771 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.657 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 771 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.969 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 771 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.651 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 771 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.879 km E of Adak, Alaska · 771 days ago · 73 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.677 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 770 days ago · 51 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.070 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 770 days ago · 44 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.348 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 178 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.179 km E of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 78 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.246 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.582 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 765 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.457 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 765 days ago · 219 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.024 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 765 days ago · 106 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.636 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 765 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 765 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.829 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 764 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.859 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 764 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.5118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 764 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.8118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 764 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 764 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.872 km E of Adak, Alaska · 764 days ago · 79 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.960 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.917 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 131 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.073 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 215 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.665 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 763 days ago · 74 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.565 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.833 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.956 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 125 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.165 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 156 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.330 km W of Atka, Alaska · 762 days ago · 200 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.558 km E of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 70 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.672 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 762 days ago · 68 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.677 km E of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 66 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.455 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.540 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.785 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.941 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.169 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 113 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.046 km W of Atka, Alaska · 757 days ago · 96 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.669 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 757 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.833 km S of Adak, Alaska · 757 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.245 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 757 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.828 km E of Adak, Alaska · 756 days ago · 87 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.767 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 756 days ago · 66 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.048 km E of Adak, Alaska · 756 days ago · 119 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.940 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 755 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.810 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 755 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.864 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 754 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.087 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 754 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.957 km E of Adak, Alaska · 754 days ago · 74 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of 177.
Before
- 2.047 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 773 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.263 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 774 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.912 km S of Adak, Alaska · 774 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.950 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 774 days ago · 268 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.763 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 774 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.499 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 775 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.447 km E of Adak, Alaska · 775 days ago · 131 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 775 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.575 km W of Atka, Alaska · 776 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.859 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 776 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.519 km S of Adak, Alaska · 776 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.152 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.423 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 150 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.968 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 779 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.826 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 779 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.145 km S of Atka, Alaska · 779 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.936 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 780 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.859 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 780 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.557 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 780 days ago · 164 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
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