M3.5 earthquake 46 km NE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 46 km NE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, May 15, 2017, 5:45 AM HADT (14:45 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 71 km SE 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
- 3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-15 14:45:33 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.452° N, 173.658° 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
- 22
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.743 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.644 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.539 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.945 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.544 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.629 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 166 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.048 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 123 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.262 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.162 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.642 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 221 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.153 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.238 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.656 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 81 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.699 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.483 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.471 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.676 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.472 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.671 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.075 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.489 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.665 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7118 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.268 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 143 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.550 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 191 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.057 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 228 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.654 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 65 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.653 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.950 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.242 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.350 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 194 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.547 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.510 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 178 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.767 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 248 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.6109 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.431 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.723 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 191 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4107 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.172 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 4.845 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.117 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.667 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 101 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.420 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 188 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.735 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 149 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.067 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 168 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.273 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.432 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 212 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.593 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.888 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.947 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.639 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.364 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.846 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.220 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 181 km deep · 35 km away
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