Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 73 km SW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 73 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Oct 14, 2016, 8:21 AM HADT (17:21 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 44 km ESE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-10-14 17:21:03 UTC
Depth
18.7 km (11.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.791° N, 175.044° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
8

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1115 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.046 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 110 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.994 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.941 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 238 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 3.367 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 3.628 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.056 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.722 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 196 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.787 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.256 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.858 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 1.651 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.830 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 102 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 3.4101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.736 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.954 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 3.636 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 4.338 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 140 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 4.029 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 160 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.052 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.023 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 5.044 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.171 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 2.054 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 2.848 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 190 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 1.667 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 2.444 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 2.666 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 3.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 2.687 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 1.960 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 2.166 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 64 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 4.454 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 150 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 2.258 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.940 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 1.849 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 5.037 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 152 km deep · 75 km away · tsunami flag
  41. 1.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 1.961 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 3.939 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 1.977 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 55 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 1.975 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 2.036 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 3.986 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 235 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 3.1111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  49. 2.1100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 2.486 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 1.545 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.364 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  54. 3.036 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 227 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 3.167 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.1110 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 2.242 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 128 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 2.963 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 65.

Before

  1. 2.458 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 3.273 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 188 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 3.347 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.555 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 49 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 3.272 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 3.082 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.5125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.8118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.874 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.643 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.748 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.044 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.269 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 3.056 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 149 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 3.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.933 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 3.180 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away

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