M1.9 earthquake 90 km S of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 90 km S of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Mar 12, 2016, 2:22 PM HAST (00:22 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 75 km S of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-13 00:22:41 UTC
- Depth
- 11.8 km (7.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.382° N, 174.086° 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
- 9
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.491 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.188 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.094 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.097 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.135 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.960 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.2104 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.090 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.683 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.997 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.081 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.2100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.8100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.474 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.392 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.366 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.892 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.187 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.094 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.289 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 44 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.589 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.582 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.992 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.988 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.5102 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.848 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 53 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.292 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.2103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.678 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.8112 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.696 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.495 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.581 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5129 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.199 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.293 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.293 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.381 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.5102 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.686 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.793 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.132 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.396 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.398 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away · tsunami flag
- 3.681 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.678 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.397 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.874 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.079 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.186 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.973 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.0132 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.480 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.988 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.497 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.185 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.886 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.484 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.690 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.9101 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.392 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.292 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.192 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.796 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.7109 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.0104 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.096 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.491 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.588 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.397 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.084 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.1109 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.394 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.397 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.0100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.7100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.5109 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
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