M2.4 earthquake 97 km S of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 97 km S of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Mar 18, 2016, 12:24 AM HADT (09:24 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 75 km S 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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-18 09:24:14 UTC
- Depth
- 15.2 km (9.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.325° N, 174.126° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 142 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.185 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.886 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.484 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.480 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.899 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.265 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.3106 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.090 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.575 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 6.075 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.186 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.3104 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.090 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.2113 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.2104 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.094 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.2106 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.392 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.388 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.4105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.3175 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.2101 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.1120 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.0105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.961 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.0103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.1113 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.599 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.3100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.9123 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.888 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.9104 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.9102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.2105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.0111 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.292 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0106 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.0101 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.990 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.097 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.1113 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.0103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.7102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.9106 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.095 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.0101 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.295 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.989 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.990 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.2100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.6120 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.2103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.1103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.494 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.988 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.480 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.0132 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.973 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.186 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.079 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.874 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.397 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.678 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.681 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.398 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.396 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.132 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.793 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.686 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.5102 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.381 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.293 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.293 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
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