M2.3 earthquake 78 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 78 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Fri, May 19, 2017, 6:49 PM HADT (03:49 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-20 03:49:25 UTC
- Depth
- 3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.540° N, 174.622° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1115 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.999 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.388 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away · tsunami flag
- 3.092 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.789 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.588 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.487 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.389 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.262 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.363 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.787 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 50 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.391 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.888 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 52 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.162 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.642 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.092 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0149 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.598 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.380 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.4133 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.3102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.387 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.166 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.393 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6120 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.153 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 51 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.556 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 66 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0154 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.962 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.755 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.882 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.238 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.656 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 81 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.347 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.395 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.683 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 235 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.195 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.471 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.676 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.472 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.671 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.075 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.489 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.665 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.296 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5169 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.584 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.886 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.787 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.242 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.867 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.997 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.547 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9173 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.668 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.510 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 178 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of 76.
Before
- 2.1125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.070 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.117 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.594 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.686 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.079 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.366 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.420 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 188 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.586 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 52 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.086 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.866 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.191 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.998 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.273 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.432 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 212 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.083 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.888 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.947 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.639 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
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