M2.1 earthquake 37 km SE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 37 km SE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Feb 29, 2016, 2:24 AM HAST (12:24 UTC), 156 km (97 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-29 12:24:01 UTC
- Depth
- 155.7 km (96.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.983° N, 173.778° 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
- 10
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.974 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.054 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.059 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.479 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.468 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.879 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.760 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.191 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.857 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 62 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.048 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.513 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 209 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.578 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.096 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.684 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.189 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.098 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.692 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.495 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 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 · 66 km away
- 2.791 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.296 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 51 km deep · 36 km away
- 6.372 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
- 3.297 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0101 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1109 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.092 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.579 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.194 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5109 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.7100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.397 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.394 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1109 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.084 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.397 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.588 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.491 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.096 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0104 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.7109 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.796 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.192 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.292 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.392 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.9101 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.690 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.990 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.491 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.188 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.094 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.130 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 172 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.847 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.752 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.927 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 61 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.894 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.397 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.062 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.825 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.121 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 157 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.794 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.773 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.479 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.6118 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.6131 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.127 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 63 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.929 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.961 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 146 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.269 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
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