M1.7 earthquake 87 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 87 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Aug 18, 2016, 4:28 PM HADT (01:28 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 115 km S 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
- 2016-08-19 01:28:45 UTC
- Depth
- 25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.666° N, 175.148° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.680 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 61 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.991 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8107 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 48 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.536 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 144 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.926 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.742 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.866 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.061 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.146 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.541 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 177 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.953 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.366 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 47 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.547 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 225 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.757 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.281 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 56 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.046 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 137 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.790 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.760 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.473 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 25 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.736 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.054 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.013 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.439 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.448 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.139 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.865 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.985 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.188 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.786 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.752 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.067 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.816 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.27 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 162 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.623 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.198 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.453 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.121 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 160 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.190 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.491 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.081 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.971 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 71 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.390 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.045 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.075 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.271 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 220 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.965 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 238 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.84 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 202 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.351 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 154 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.033 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 211 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.044 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.220 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of 92.
Before
- 2.151 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.049 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.994 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.740 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.076 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.868 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.775 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 58 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.848 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.930 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.875 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 69 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.923 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.660 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.942 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.970 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.241 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.352 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.889 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.983 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.321 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 106 km deep · 81 km away
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