M3.1 earthquake 111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 6:11 AM HAST (16:11 UTC), 17 km (11 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
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-29 16:11:22 UTC
- Depth
- 16.9 km (10.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.258° N, 174.782° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.486 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.364 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.167 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1110 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.963 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.6136 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.5156 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.046 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.549 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.978 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.259 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.761 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 53 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.242 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.349 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8112 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.8115 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.737 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.621 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.022 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.770 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.687 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.0111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 78 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.5119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.4113 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.773 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2173 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.866 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.269 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.665 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.464 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 2.036 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.6163 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.166 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.960 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.687 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.666 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.444 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.667 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.054 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.171 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.052 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.029 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 160 km deep · 89 km away
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