M2.3 earthquake 90 km S of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 90 km S of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 1:04 PM HADT (22:04 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 73 km SE 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-15 22:04:41 UTC
- Depth
- 62.8 km (39.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.385° N, 174.279° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.896 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.045 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.84 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 202 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.044 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.220 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.888 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.824 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.180 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.6160 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 36 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.748 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.8118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.082 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.555 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.1127 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1113 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.8181 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.873 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1115 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.046 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 110 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.994 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.628 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.073 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.787 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 55 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.778 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.858 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.188 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.571 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5176 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4113 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.4101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.372 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.736 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.636 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.029 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 160 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 2.971 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.081 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.491 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.190 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.121 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 160 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.171 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.198 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.27 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 162 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.816 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.888 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.067 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.786 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.188 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.985 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 46 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.139 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.448 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.643 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.473 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
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