Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 133 km S of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 133 km S of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 8:10 PM HADT (05:10 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 88 km SSE of Atka, 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
2016-08-11 05:10:09 UTC
Depth
20.8 km (12.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.014° N, 173.870° 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: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.889 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 3.970 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.942 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.980 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.740 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.3171 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.994 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.151 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.988 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.5196 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.190 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.061 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.146 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.541 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 177 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.953 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.757 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.169 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.790 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.760 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.473 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 3.985 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 2.260 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 2.786 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 2.067 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 4.888 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 2.171 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 2.190 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 2.491 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.081 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 2.390 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 3.896 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 3.045 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 2.5209 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 2.044 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 3.180 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 2.6160 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 3.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 2.8118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 2.5125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 3.082 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 2.555 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 2.1182 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 3.991 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.0151 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 1.650 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.1120 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.088 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.950 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 3.590 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.737 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.569 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.588 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.737 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.394 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.568 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.588 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.7120 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.691 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 49 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.542 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.5108 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 2.593 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away

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