M1.6 earthquake 44 km SSE of Atka, Alaska

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Thu, May 12, 2016, 2:30 AM HADT

UTC

2016-05-12 11:30:24 UTC

Depth

59.4 km (36.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

51.853° N, 173.873° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

11

After

1. 3.795 km SW of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 12, 3:46 AM HADT · 3797 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
2. 1.866 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 12, 2:43 PM HADT · 3796 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
3. 3.384 km ENE of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 12, 5:01 PM HADT · 3796 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
4. 2.295 km S of Atka, AlaskaFri, May 13, 2:25 AM HADT · 3796 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
5. 2.797 km SW of Atka, AlaskaFri, May 13, 9:51 PM HADT · 3795 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
6. 2.3128 km S of Atka, AlaskaSat, May 14, 4:04 AM HADT · 3795 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
7. 2.846 km NW of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 15, 10:27 AM HADT · 3793 days ago · 214 km deep · 89 km away
8. 3.911 km E of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 16, 5:24 PM HADT · 3792 days ago · 177 km deep · 38 km away
9. 2.5114 km S of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 18, 11:47 AM HADT · 3790 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
10. 1.9108 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 19, 9:43 PM HADT · 3789 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
11. 2.028 km ENE of Atka, AlaskaFri, May 20, 10:50 AM HADT · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
12. 2.328 km ENE of Atka, AlaskaFri, May 20, 12:53 PM HADT · 3788 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
13. 2.220 km W of Atka, AlaskaFri, May 20, 1:03 PM HADT · 3788 days ago · 171 km deep · 57 km away
14. 2.046 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaSat, May 21, 9:30 AM HADT · 3787 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
15. 2.484 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaSat, May 21, 3:09 PM HADT · 3787 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
16. 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaMon, May 23, 12:48 PM HADT · 3785 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
17. 2.578 km E of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 23, 1:31 PM HADT · 3785 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
18. 2.291 km S of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 24, 6:24 AM HADT · 3784 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
19. 2.124 km ENE of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 24, 7:43 PM HADT · 3784 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
20. 2.023 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 26, 9:29 AM HADT · 3782 days ago · 66 km deep · 32 km away
21. 2.464 km SE of Atka, AlaskaFri, May 27, 7:33 AM HADT · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
22. 2.098 km S of Atka, AlaskaFri, May 27, 3:16 PM HADT · 3781 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
23. 2.193 km S of Atka, AlaskaFri, May 27, 6:27 PM HADT · 3781 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
24. 2.482 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaFri, May 27, 9:55 PM HADT · 3781 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
25. 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaSat, May 28, 2:19 AM HADT · 3781 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
26. 2.947 km S of Atka, AlaskaSat, May 28, 4:37 AM HADT · 3781 days ago · 61 km deep · 21 km away
27. 2.867 km SW of Atka, AlaskaSat, May 28, 8:29 AM HADT · 3780 days ago · 56 km deep · 74 km away
28. 2.317 km S of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 29, 12:46 AM HADT · 3780 days ago · 82 km deep · 29 km away
29. 2.494 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 29, 5:06 PM HADT · 3779 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
30. 1.989 km SW of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 30, 3:14 PM HADT · 3778 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
31. 2.424 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 31, 6:28 AM HADT · 3777 days ago · 136 km deep · 35 km away
32. 2.471 km E of Atka, AlaskaThu, Jun 2, 6:00 PM HADT · 3775 days ago · 84 km deep · 69 km away
33. 2.2109 km ESE of Atka, AlaskaFri, Jun 3, 5:20 AM HADT · 3775 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
34. 2.0113 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaFri, Jun 3, 6:09 AM HADT · 3774 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
35. 3.0105 km S of Atka, AlaskaSat, Jun 4, 4:05 AM HADT · 3774 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
36. 2.7104 km E of Atka, AlaskaSat, Jun 4, 7:26 AM HADT · 3773 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
37. 2.094 km S of Atka, AlaskaSun, Jun 5, 2:22 AM HADT · 3773 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
38. 2.1105 km SE of Atka, AlaskaSun, Jun 5, 5:23 AM HADT · 3773 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
39. 1.898 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaSun, Jun 5, 2:54 PM HADT · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
40. 2.251 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaSun, Jun 5, 8:43 PM HADT · 3772 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
41. 1.849 km ESE of Atka, AlaskaWed, Jun 8, 8:11 PM HADT · 3769 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
42. 2.075 km SE of Atka, AlaskaThu, Jun 9, 5:00 PM HADT · 3768 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
43. 2.7114 km SE of Atka, AlaskaThu, Jun 9, 10:59 PM HADT · 3768 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
44. 2.7107 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaSat, Jun 11, 7:11 AM HADT · 3766 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
45. 2.594 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaSat, Jun 11, 7:18 AM HADT · 3766 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
46. 2.461 km ESE of Atka, AlaskaSat, Jun 11, 6:15 PM HADT · 3766 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
47. 2.176 km ESE of Atka, AlaskaMon, Jun 13, 1:07 AM HADT · 3765 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
48. 2.268 km ESE of Atka, AlaskaTue, Jun 14, 9:38 AM HADT · 3763 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
49. 2.657 km NNE of Atka, AlaskaWed, Jun 15, 5:17 AM HADT · 3763 days ago · 138 km deep · 91 km away
50. 2.342 km SE of Atka, AlaskaWed, Jun 15, 10:07 AM HADT · 3762 days ago · 81 km deep · 14 km away
51. 2.354 km E of Atka, AlaskaWed, Jun 15, 12:51 PM HADT · 3762 days ago · 139 km deep · 54 km away
52. 1.559 km ESE of Atka, AlaskaFri, Jun 17, 6:11 AM HADT · 3760 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
53. 2.1109 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaSat, Jun 18, 5:25 PM HADT · 3759 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
54. 2.862 km E of Atka, AlaskaSat, Jun 18, 9:11 PM HADT · 3759 days ago · 101 km deep · 48 km away
55. 2.534 km SW of Atka, AlaskaSun, Jun 19, 1:40 AM HADT · 3759 days ago · 232 km deep · 46 km away
56. 1.787 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaSun, Jun 19, 1:54 AM HADT · 3759 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
57. 1.854 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaSun, Jun 19, 11:29 AM HADT · 3758 days ago · 47 km deep · 14 km away
58. 1.763 km WSW of Atka, AlaskaSun, Jun 19, 1:53 PM HADT · 3758 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
59. 2.381 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaMon, Jun 20, 6:03 AM HADT · 3757 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
60. 3.798 km SE of Atka, AlaskaTue, Jun 21, 1:56 PM HADT · 3756 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 90.

Before

1. 1.8100 km S of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 11, 5:48 PM HADT · 3797 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
2. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaWed, May 11, 4:04 AM HADT · 3798 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
3. 1.726 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 11, 2:46 AM HADT · 3798 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
4. 2.181 km SE of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 10, 7:10 PM HADT · 3798 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
5. 2.069 km SE of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 10, 4:16 PM HADT · 3798 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
6. 1.954 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 9, 8:49 AM HADT · 3799 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
7. 2.361 km S of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 9, 3:11 AM HADT · 3800 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
8. 2.697 km S of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 8, 4:07 PM HADT · 3800 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
9. 1.973 km WSW of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 8, 9:50 AM HADT · 3800 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
10. 2.5142 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 8, 9:14 AM HADT · 3800 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
11. 2.222 km WSW of Atka, AlaskaFri, May 6, 3:53 PM HADT · 3802 days ago · 139 km deep · 52 km away
12. 2.631 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 5, 1:04 PM HADT · 3803 days ago · 53 km deep · 41 km away
13. 2.2130 km S of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 4, 4:40 PM HADT · 3804 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
14. 2.184 km SW of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 4, 4:20 PM HADT · 3804 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
15. 1.583 km SW of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 3, 8:29 PM HADT · 3805 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
16. 1.8105 km S of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 3, 5:23 PM HADT · 3805 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
17. 1.959 km SE of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 3, 9:56 AM HADT · 3805 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
18. 1.860 km E of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 3, 1:17 AM HADT · 3806 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
19. 1.684 km SW of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 2, 7:22 PM HADT · 3806 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
20. 2.447 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 2, 6:14 AM HADT · 3806 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0166457epl (also filed as ak13591750). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:56 AM UTC.