Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 80 km SW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 80 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Jan 3, 2016, 8:08 PM HAST (06:08 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 88 km E of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-01-04 06:08:11 UTC
Depth
41.9 km (26.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.761° N, 175.139° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
14

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.377 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 2.0106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 5.188 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away · tsunami flag
  4. 1.697 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 1.644 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.361 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 160 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.036 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.554 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 3.374 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 3.971 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 64 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 4.023 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 201 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.942 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.0117 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.773 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.735 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.814 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 192 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.895 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 1.683 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 4.590 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 1.858 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 2.340 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.164 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 2.251 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 146 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 2.970 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 2.275 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 155 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 2.799 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 34 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 1.780 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  29. 2.477 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 3.146 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 3.4100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 2.4102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 2.575 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 173 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 2.197 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 2.539 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 182 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 2.197 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 2.554 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 2.958 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 2.668 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 64 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 2.9118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3902 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 2.551 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 177 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 1.572 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 2.864 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 36 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 1.775 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
  45. 1.655 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 2.587 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 2.676 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 92 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 2.175 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 3.446 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 100 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 1.681 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 2.586 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away
  52. 1.960 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 2.455 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 63 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 1.748 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 54 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 2.193 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 41 km deep · 16 km away
  57. 1.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 1.575 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  59. 1.535 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 121.

Before

  1. 1.961 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.472 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.429 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 156 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.368 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.363 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 63 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 2.769 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.129 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3930 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.995 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3930 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 4.189 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3931 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 3.240 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3932 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.948 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3932 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.411 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3932 days ago · 156 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.7101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3934 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 2.521 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3934 days ago · 91 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.496 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3935 days ago · 40 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 3.586 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3935 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 2.512 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3937 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.250 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 3.498 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.0130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away

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