M1.9 earthquake 42 km S of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 42 km S of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Aug 13, 2016, 8:24 PM HADT (05:24 UTC), 1 km (1 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-14 05:24:36 UTC
- Depth
- 1.2 km (0.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.820° N, 174.300° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.923 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.875 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.930 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.775 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.946 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 172 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.980 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.740 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 46 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.994 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.151 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.787 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.680 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.988 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.190 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8107 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.926 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 61 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.052 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 243 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.866 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.061 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.146 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 59 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.541 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 177 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.953 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.366 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.757 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 54 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.169 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.158 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 200 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.281 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.790 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.251 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.760 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.473 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.643 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.728 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 169 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.448 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 43 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.139 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 72 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.985 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.340 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.188 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.786 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.067 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.156 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.888 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.816 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 65 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.564 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 114 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.27 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 162 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.198 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.171 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.121 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 160 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.190 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.491 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.081 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.841 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 147 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.744 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 177 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.971 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.390 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 63 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.896 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of 83.
Before
- 3.970 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.889 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.055 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 221 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.568 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0133 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.321 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 106 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.267 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.126 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 198 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.735 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 175 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.078 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.644 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 98 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.589 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.682 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.991 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.825 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.586 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.952 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 147 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.773 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.578 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 121 km deep · 80 km away
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