M2.4 earthquake 94 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 94 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Sun, May 29, 2016, 5:06 PM HADT (02:06 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 78 km SSE 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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-05-30 02:06:24 UTC
- Depth
- 17.6 km (10.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.489° N, 174.967° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.989 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.424 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 136 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.351 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.0105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.094 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.935 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.898 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.251 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.264 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.450 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.075 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.835 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.259 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.358 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.582 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.946 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 124 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.371 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.342 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.296 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 245 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.190 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.534 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 232 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.787 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.854 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.763 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.559 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.381 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1127 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.2126 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.978 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.566 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.874 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 55 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.019 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.846 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3754 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0126 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3753 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.487 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3753 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.267 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3753 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.857 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.674 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.560 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.737 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.766 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.061 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.544 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1148 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.632 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3748 days ago · 172 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.957 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3748 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3747 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.730 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3747 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.148 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3747 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.235 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 172 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.062 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 58 km deep · 44 km away
The first 60 of 110.
Before
- 2.317 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.867 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 56 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.947 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.482 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.193 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.098 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.023 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.055 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 76 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.167 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.058 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.291 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.543 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.484 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.046 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.285 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.220 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 171 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9108 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
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