M1.7 earthquake 73 km W of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 73 km W of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Aug 5, 2016, 6:58 PM HADT (03:58 UTC), 75 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 58 km NNW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-06 03:58:14 UTC
- Depth
- 74.7 km (46.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.250° N, 175.275° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.952 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 147 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.586 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.825 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.682 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.589 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.773 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 98 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.657 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.078 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.126 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 198 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.267 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.321 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.942 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.923 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.875 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 69 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.930 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.775 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.868 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.076 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.740 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.049 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.151 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.787 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.680 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 61 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8107 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.536 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 144 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.926 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.923 km N of Adak, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 89 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.866 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.061 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.541 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 177 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.366 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.547 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 225 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.158 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 200 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.281 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.046 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 137 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.760 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.013 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 99 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.728 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 169 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.448 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.139 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.188 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.067 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.816 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.369 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 225 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.27 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 162 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.453 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 205 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.121 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 160 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.841 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 147 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.971 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 71 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.045 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.075 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.271 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 220 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.965 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 238 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.84 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 202 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 76.
Before
- 1.578 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 121 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.510 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 130 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.143 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 138 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.615 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.467 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.923 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 75 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.562 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 156 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.678 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 236 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 182 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.925 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.835 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.482 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 237 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.731 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.568 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.592 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.753 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 179 km deep · 100 km away
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