M1.7 earthquake 60 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 60 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Aug 28, 2016, 2:00 AM HADT (11:00 UTC), 26 km (16 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-28 11:00:12 UTC
- Depth
- 25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.710° N, 174.579° 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: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.473 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.643 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.728 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 169 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.448 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 43 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.139 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 72 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.985 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.340 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.188 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.786 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.067 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.888 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.816 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.27 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 162 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.198 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.171 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.121 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 160 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.190 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.491 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.081 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.841 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 147 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.744 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 177 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.971 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.390 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.045 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 59 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.075 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.271 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 220 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.84 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 202 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.033 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 211 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.044 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 43 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.220 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 71 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.888 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.824 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 73 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.180 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 36 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.056 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 149 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.269 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.044 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.748 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.874 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.082 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.272 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.555 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.1127 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.536 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 216 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.273 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 188 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.873 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.1115 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.046 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 110 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.994 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.367 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.628 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 69 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.722 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 196 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 2.251 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.790 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.281 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.169 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.757 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.366 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.953 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.541 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 177 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.146 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.061 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.866 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.926 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 61 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.8107 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.190 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.988 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.991 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.680 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.787 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
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