M2.2 earthquake 20 km N of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 20 km N of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Apr 16, 2017, 4:31 PM HADT (01:31 UTC), 181 km (113 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-17 01:31:22 UTC
- Depth
- 181.3 km (112.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.380° N, 174.163° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.846 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.364 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.639 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.947 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.083 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.593 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.432 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 212 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.273 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 168 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.067 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.735 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 149 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.420 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 188 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.667 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 101 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.366 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.117 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.845 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.546 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.743 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.644 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.539 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.945 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.544 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.378 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3101 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 158 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.629 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 166 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.048 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 123 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.262 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.787 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.162 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.642 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.380 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 221 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.153 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.556 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.962 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.238 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.656 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.683 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 235 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 2.539 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.060 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.263 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.945 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.371 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.940 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.167 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.369 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 195 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.925 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 222 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.722 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 121 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.9104 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 184 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.558 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.964 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 96 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.599 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 142 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.453 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 219 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.242 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
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