Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 13 km WNW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 13 km WNW of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Mar 11, 2016, 11:20 PM HAST (09:20 UTC), 209 km (130 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 72 km SSE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-03-12 09:20:45 UTC
Depth
209.1 km (129.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.242° N, 174.384° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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Stations used
11

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.578 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 5.684 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away · tsunami flag
  3. 2.189 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.485 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.187 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.791 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.791 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 51 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 6.372 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
  10. 2.092 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.579 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.084 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.588 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 4.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.292 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.392 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.690 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.990 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.491 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 4.188 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 3.135 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 2.960 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 3.090 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 4.683 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 5.081 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 2.8100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 5.474 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 2.392 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 3.366 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 1.892 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 3.187 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 4.289 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.589 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 4.582 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.988 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.654 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 107 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 3.848 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 2.292 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 2.678 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 2.581 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 4.381 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 3.686 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 2.132 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 61 km deep · 36 km away
  44. 4.0108 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 218 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 3.681 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 2.882 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 3.678 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 2.874 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 2.079 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 2.186 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 2.973 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 2.480 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 2.988 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  54. 2.358 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  55. 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 5.185 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 3.886 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 4.484 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 2.480 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 2.265 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 2.048 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 3.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.685 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 220 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.857 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.760 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.879 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.468 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.585 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.479 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.059 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 110 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 3.289 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.054 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.968 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.974 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.137 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 156 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.130 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 172 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 1.867 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 156 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.847 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away

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