M1.7 earthquake 91 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 91 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Mar 12, 2016, 4:52 AM HAST (14:52 UTC), 25 km (16 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-12 14:52:36 UTC
- Depth
- 25.4 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.615° N, 175.138° 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 85 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.791 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.296 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
- 6.372 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
- 2.0102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.0101 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1109 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.092 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.579 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.194 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5109 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.7100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.397 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.394 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.084 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.397 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.588 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.491 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.096 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0104 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.796 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.192 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.292 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.392 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.9101 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.690 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.990 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.491 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.188 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.094 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.097 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.135 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.960 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.2104 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.090 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.683 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.997 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.081 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.474 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.392 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.366 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.892 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.187 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.094 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.289 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.589 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.582 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.992 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.988 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.175 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.848 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 53 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.292 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.8112 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.696 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.187 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.485 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.495 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.692 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.098 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.189 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.684 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away · tsunami flag
- 4.096 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.578 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.513 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 209 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.685 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 220 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.254 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.179 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.079 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
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