Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 149 km S of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 149 km S of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Jun 2, 2017, 12:29 AM HADT (09:29 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 75 km SE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-06-02 09:29:39 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
50.854° N, 174.213° 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
9

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.4133 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 3.3102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.6120 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.0154 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.676 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.472 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.671 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.075 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.5169 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.9106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.8212 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.997 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.9173 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.5180 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.6179 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.5104 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.5118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.6173 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 3.8104 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 2.590 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 1.9127 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 2.0108 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 2.7182 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  25. 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 2.2124 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 3.262 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.999 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.6102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.1115 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.378 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.1125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 3.366 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away

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