M2.5 earthquake 52 km N of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 52 km N of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Mar 19, 2016, 8:40 PM HADT (05:40 UTC), 198 km (123 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 93 km ENE 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
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-20 05:40:56 UTC
- Depth
- 197.5 km (122.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.668° N, 174.215° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.614 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 174 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.293 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3843 days ago · 218 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.768 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 202 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.148 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3836 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.045 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 229 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.025 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.640 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.461 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 157 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.050 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.621 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 212 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.577 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 243 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.238 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 145 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.319 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 149 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.470 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 209 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.759 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.855 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.246 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 228 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.642 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.836 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.131 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.447 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.860 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.631 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.222 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 139 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.726 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.644 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.384 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.846 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 214 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.911 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 177 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 4.149 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 180 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.358 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0108 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 218 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.132 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.654 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 107 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.135 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.513 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 209 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.048 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.857 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3861 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.059 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 110 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.054 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.137 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 156 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.130 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 172 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.847 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.927 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.062 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.825 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
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