M2.2 earthquake 69 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 69 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Feb 21, 2016, 1:46 AM HAST (11:46 UTC), 42 km (26 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-21 11:46:02 UTC
- Depth
- 41.5 km (25.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.773° N, 174.948° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.961 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 146 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.929 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.386 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 67 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.127 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.338 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.479 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.564 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.748 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.773 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 73 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.121 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 157 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.825 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.397 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.894 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.927 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.752 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.867 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 156 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.130 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 172 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.485 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 55 km deep · 46 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 · 54 km away
- 1.787 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.796 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.089 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.974 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.659 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.596 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.681 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.289 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 143 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.059 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 110 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.479 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.585 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.468 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.879 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.760 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.3130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.254 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.685 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 220 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 62 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.513 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 209 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.578 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.096 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.684 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.189 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.098 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.692 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.495 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.485 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.187 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.791 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.791 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.592 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.829 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.6101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.382 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.227 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 192 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.974 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.939 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.075 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 152 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.279 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.042 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 166 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.786 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.942 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.843 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 193 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.674 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 208 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.054 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 172 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.565 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 64 km deep · 12 km away
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