M1.7 earthquake 90 km S of Atka, Alaska

Magnitude

1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Sat, Aug 27, 2016, 2:20 AM HADT

UTC

2016-08-27 11:20:08 UTC

Depth

38.1 km (23.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

51.391° N, 174.046° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

10

After

1. 2.251 km E of Atka, AlaskaSat, Aug 27, 7:27 PM HADT · 3689 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
2. 1.760 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaSun, Aug 28, 2:00 AM HADT · 3689 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
3. 2.473 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaSun, Aug 28, 11:48 AM HADT · 3689 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
4. 1.689 km SW of Atka, AlaskaMon, Aug 29, 1:15 AM HADT · 3688 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
5. 1.643 km ESE of Atka, AlaskaMon, Aug 29, 10:34 AM HADT · 3688 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
6. 2.448 km SW of Atka, AlaskaFri, Sep 2, 4:47 AM HADT · 3684 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
7. 2.139 km WSW of Atka, AlaskaFri, Sep 2, 7:02 AM HADT · 3684 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
8. 3.985 km S of Atka, AlaskaFri, Sep 2, 7:57 PM HADT · 3683 days ago · 46 km deep · 8 km away
9. 2.260 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaSat, Sep 3, 2:12 AM HADT · 3683 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
10. 2.786 km S of Atka, AlaskaSat, Sep 3, 3:21 PM HADT · 3683 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
11. 2.067 km S of Atka, AlaskaSun, Sep 4, 9:09 AM HADT · 3682 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
12. 4.888 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaTue, Sep 6, 4:36 PM HADT · 3680 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
13. 1.816 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaThu, Sep 8, 8:47 AM HADT · 3678 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
14. 2.27 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaThu, Sep 8, 3:54 PM HADT · 3678 days ago · 162 km deep · 84 km away
15. 2.198 km SE of Adak, AlaskaFri, Sep 9, 7:33 AM HADT · 3677 days ago · 49 km deep · 100 km away
16. 2.171 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaSun, Sep 11, 9:15 PM HADT · 3674 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
17. 2.121 km SW of Atka, AlaskaMon, Sep 12, 11:27 AM HADT · 3674 days ago · 160 km deep · 76 km away
18. 2.190 km S of Atka, AlaskaMon, Sep 12, 6:35 PM HADT · 3673 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
19. 2.491 km S of Atka, AlaskaMon, Sep 12, 9:48 PM HADT · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
20. 2.081 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Sep 13, 2:22 AM HADT · 3673 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
21. 2.390 km S of Atka, AlaskaThu, Sep 15, 1:04 PM HADT · 3671 days ago · 63 km deep · 16 km away
22. 3.896 km SE of Atka, AlaskaThu, Sep 15, 4:59 PM HADT · 3671 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
23. 3.045 km S of Atka, AlaskaFri, Sep 16, 4:36 PM HADT · 3670 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
24. 2.84 km NE of Atka, AlaskaSun, Sep 18, 7:21 AM HADT · 3668 days ago · 202 km deep · 93 km away
25. 2.044 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaWed, Sep 21, 6:27 PM HADT · 3664 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
26. 2.220 km SW of Atka, AlaskaWed, Sep 21, 7:12 PM HADT · 3664 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
27. 1.888 km E of Adak, AlaskaWed, Sep 21, 8:28 PM HADT · 3664 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
28. 2.824 km WSW of Atka, AlaskaThu, Sep 22, 11:14 AM HADT · 3664 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
29. 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaThu, Sep 22, 10:06 PM HADT · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
30. 3.180 km S of Atka, AlaskaTue, Sep 27, 7:34 AM HADT · 3659 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
31. 2.6160 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaWed, Sep 28, 4:49 AM HADT · 3658 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
32. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaWed, Sep 28, 9:05 AM HADT · 3658 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
33. 3.981 km S of Atka, AlaskaThu, Sep 29, 10:09 AM HADT · 3657 days ago · 42 km deep · 21 km away
34. 1.748 km SW of Atka, AlaskaSun, Oct 2, 11:38 AM HADT · 3654 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
35. 2.8118 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Oct 4, 1:52 PM HADT · 3652 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
36. 2.5125 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Oct 4, 7:02 PM HADT · 3651 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
37. 3.082 km S of Atka, AlaskaThu, Oct 6, 5:18 AM HADT · 3650 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
38. 2.555 km SE of Atka, AlaskaSun, Oct 9, 3:34 PM HADT · 3647 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
39. 3.1127 km S of Atka, AlaskaMon, Oct 10, 11:14 PM HADT · 3645 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
40. 4.1113 km SE of Atka, AlaskaTue, Oct 11, 7:03 PM HADT · 3644 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
41. 2.8181 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaThu, Oct 13, 8:06 PM HADT · 3642 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
42. 1.873 km SW of Atka, AlaskaFri, Oct 14, 8:21 AM HADT · 3642 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
43. 4.1115 km S of Atka, AlaskaSun, Oct 16, 3:00 AM HADT · 3640 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
44. 3.046 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaSun, Oct 16, 3:17 AM HADT · 3640 days ago · 110 km deep · 51 km away
45. 1.994 km S of Atka, AlaskaSun, Oct 16, 12:34 PM HADT · 3640 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
46. 3.628 km SW of Atka, AlaskaSat, Oct 22, 12:31 AM HADT · 3634 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away

Before

1. 2.169 km SE of Atka, AlaskaThu, Aug 25, 4:55 PM HADT · 3692 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
2. 2.757 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaWed, Aug 24, 10:29 PM HADT · 3692 days ago · 54 km deep · 34 km away
3. 2.366 km SW of Atka, AlaskaWed, Aug 24, 6:19 PM HADT · 3692 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
4. 1.953 km SE of Atka, AlaskaWed, Aug 24, 1:48 PM HADT · 3693 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
5. 2.541 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaWed, Aug 24, 11:08 AM HADT · 3693 days ago · 177 km deep · 53 km away
6. 2.146 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaWed, Aug 24, 6:56 AM HADT · 3693 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
7. 2.061 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Aug 23, 5:47 AM HADT · 3694 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
8. 1.866 km SW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Aug 23, 5:10 AM HADT · 3694 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
9. 1.926 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaSat, Aug 20, 8:37 PM HADT · 3696 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
10. 1.8107 km SW of Atka, AlaskaSat, Aug 20, 2:25 PM HADT · 3697 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
11. 2.190 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaSat, Aug 20, 1:02 PM HADT · 3697 days ago · 41 km deep · 21 km away
12. 2.988 km SE of Atka, AlaskaFri, Aug 19, 8:58 PM HADT · 3697 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
13. 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaThu, Aug 18, 4:54 PM HADT · 3699 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
14. 1.787 km SW of Atka, AlaskaThu, Aug 18, 4:28 PM HADT · 3699 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
15. 2.151 km S of Atka, AlaskaThu, Aug 18, 3:19 PM HADT · 3699 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
16. 1.994 km S of Atka, AlaskaThu, Aug 18, 5:57 AM HADT · 3699 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
17. 2.3171 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaThu, Aug 18, 5:08 AM HADT · 3699 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
18. 1.740 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaThu, Aug 18, 3:49 AM HADT · 3699 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
19. 2.980 km SE of Atka, AlaskaWed, Aug 17, 5:40 PM HADT · 3699 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
20. 3.696 km SW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Aug 16, 12:03 PM HADT · 3701 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak016b13nd5j (also filed as ak13923516). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC.