M2.2 earthquake 20 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 20 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 7:12 PM HADT (04:12 UTC), 71 km (44 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-22 04:12:18 UTC
- Depth
- 71.0 km (44.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.060° N, 174.404° 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: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.888 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.824 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 73 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.770 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 226 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.850 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.180 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.070 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 124 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.269 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.748 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.585 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 184 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.8118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.082 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.272 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.555 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.536 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 216 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.273 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 188 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.873 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.046 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 110 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.994 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.628 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 69 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.722 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 196 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.073 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.787 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.778 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.653 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.537 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 85 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.858 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.188 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.684 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.571 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.4101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.372 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.736 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.636 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 43 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.338 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 140 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.029 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 160 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.444 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.687 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.166 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.454 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 150 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 2.044 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.033 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 211 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.84 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 202 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.271 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 220 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.045 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 59 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.390 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.971 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.744 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 177 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.841 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 147 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.081 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.491 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.190 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.121 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 160 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.171 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 205 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.27 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 162 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.564 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 114 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.816 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 65 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.888 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.156 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
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