M1.6 earthquake 85 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 85 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 9:44 PM HADT (06:44 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-05-01 06:44:52 UTC
- Depth
- 2.4 km (1.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.449° N, 174.493° 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
- 10
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.394 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.994 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.296 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.995 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.131 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.690 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.294 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.686 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.799 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.447 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.799 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.684 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.171 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.583 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.184 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2130 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.631 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.222 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 139 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.5149 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5142 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.973 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.697 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.6180 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.361 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.257 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.069 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.181 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.726 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 41 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.644 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.795 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.597 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.866 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.295 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.797 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.3128 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.869 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.911 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 177 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.395 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.976 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.5114 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 50 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9108 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.220 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 171 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.046 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.484 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.291 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.058 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.167 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of 115.
Before
- 3.189 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.1167 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8101 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.480 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.836 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.871 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.642 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.652 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.972 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.896 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.663 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.890 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.192 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.592 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.396 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.690 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.388 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.676 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.980 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
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