Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 45 km ESE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 45 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Apr 3, 2017, 10:31 PM HADT (07:31 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 45 km ENE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-04-04 07:31:01 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.075° N, 173.559° 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
11

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.263 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.7113 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.8102 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 3.9120 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.539 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.220 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 181 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.846 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 83 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 2.998 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 3.364 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 53 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.639 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.947 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.888 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.593 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 118 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.432 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 212 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.273 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 53 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 3.067 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.735 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 149 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 2.420 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 188 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.667 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 101 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 3.366 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 2.117 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 4.845 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 3.546 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 1.743 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 2.644 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  26. 2.539 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 1.945 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 3.544 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 2.378 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.629 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 166 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 3.048 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 123 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 2.6102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.999 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 3.262 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 3.162 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 1.642 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 2.371 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 3.7113 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.940 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.167 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 3.925 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 222 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.722 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 121 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 3.9104 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 184 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 3.558 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.964 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 96 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.599 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 142 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 3.453 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 219 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.242 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.234 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 95 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.29 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 2.549 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.498 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 87 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 3.125 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 92 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 1.843 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.369 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away

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