M2.3 earthquake 100 km S of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 100 km S of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Feb 15, 2016, 5:11 PM HAST (03:11 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 72 km SSE 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-16 03:11:24 UTC
- Depth
- 14.7 km (9.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.294° N, 174.270° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.942 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.786 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 69 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.279 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.5160 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.939 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.974 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.382 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.592 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.269 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.3164 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.386 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.127 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.479 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.773 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.825 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.397 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.894 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 67 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.927 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.752 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3189 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.847 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.485 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.137 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 156 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.992 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.787 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.796 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.089 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.974 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.596 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.681 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.289 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.479 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.585 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.468 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.879 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.760 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.191 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.048 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.578 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.096 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.684 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.189 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.098 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.692 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.495 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.485 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.187 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.791 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.791 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.296 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.1102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 24 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.565 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.7106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.582 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.010 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.180 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2156 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0157 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.8106 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3888 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.2196 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.575 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.193 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.4105 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.748 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.352 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.455 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.586 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.681 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.175 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.580 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
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