M2.0 earthquake 36 km SSE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 36 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Nov 27, 2016, 7:23 PM HAST (05:23 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 111 km SSW 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-28 05:23:05 UTC
- Depth
- 52.1 km (32.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.888° N, 174.019° 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: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.699 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.1111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.260 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.429 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 167 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.036 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 227 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.167 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.071 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.236 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 198 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.475 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.046 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.764 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.545 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 81 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.978 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.9126 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.292 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.931 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.558 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.242 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.4103 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8112 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.8115 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.424 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 73 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.7129 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.737 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 71 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.621 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.022 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 68 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.859 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.357 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.687 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.986 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.881 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.799 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.8119 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.123 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 134 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.0111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.789 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.343 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.177 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 128 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.336 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 1.977 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.758 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.037 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 152 km deep · 72 km away · tsunami flag
- 4.454 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 150 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.444 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 36 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.029 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 160 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.338 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 140 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.636 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 43 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.736 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.372 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.4101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.4113 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.571 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.684 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.188 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.858 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.537 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 85 km deep · 59 km away
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