M1.6 earthquake 83 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 83 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Jan 15, 2016, 2:17 AM HAST (12:17 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 72 km SSE 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-15 12:17:37 UTC
- Depth
- 36.8 km (22.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.607° N, 174.963° 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.590 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.858 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.340 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.164 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.251 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 146 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.970 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.275 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 155 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.799 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.780 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.477 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.146 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.4100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.4102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.575 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 173 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.197 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.539 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 182 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.197 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.554 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 52 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.958 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 85 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.668 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 64 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.9118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3902 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.551 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 177 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.572 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.4136 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.864 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.775 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.655 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.587 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3898 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.676 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 92 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.580 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.175 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.446 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.681 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.586 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.960 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.455 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.352 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.748 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.193 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.575 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.535 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 57 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.651 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.010 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.582 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 45 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.7106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.565 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 64 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.054 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 172 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.674 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 208 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.3100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.942 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.786 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.279 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.075 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 152 km deep · 57 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.895 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.814 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 192 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.735 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.773 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0117 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.942 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.023 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 201 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.971 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 64 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.374 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.554 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.036 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.644 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.697 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.188 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.0106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.377 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.080 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 42 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.961 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.472 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3928 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.429 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 156 km deep · 91 km away
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