M1.8 earthquake 50 km ENE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 50 km ENE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 7:35 PM HADT (04:35 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 73 km SE 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-27 04:35:07 UTC
- Depth
- 21.3 km (13.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.344° N, 173.505° 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: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.070 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 124 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.8109 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 179 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.748 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.5135 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.555 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.536 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 216 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.046 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 110 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.5143 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.9112 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 131 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.628 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.722 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 196 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.073 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.778 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.653 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 85 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.537 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 85 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.858 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.188 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.684 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 71 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.571 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.372 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.736 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.636 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.338 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 140 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.029 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 160 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.444 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.454 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 150 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.037 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 152 km deep · 76 km away · tsunami flag
Before
- 2.824 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.220 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.044 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.033 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 211 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.84 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 202 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.045 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.896 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.744 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 177 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.841 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 147 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.121 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 160 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.171 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 205 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.27 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 162 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.564 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 114 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.816 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.888 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.156 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.067 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.340 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 78 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
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