M2.0 earthquake 68 km ESE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 68 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Aug 2, 2017, 2:53 PM HADT (23:53 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 50 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-02 23:53:14 UTC
- Depth
- 45.4 km (28.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.876° N, 173.349° 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: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.423 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 172 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.246 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.48 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 187 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.257 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 56 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.557 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.272 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.169 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.243 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 60 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.669 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.932 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.128 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.133 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.417 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 154 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.5102 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.872 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.340 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 195 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.317 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.563 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.064 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.945 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 174 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.045 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.929 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.746 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.979 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.789 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.458 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.840 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 168 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.945 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.077 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.032 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 238 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.470 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 96 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.150 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.967 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.4100 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 220 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.010 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 229 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.851 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.811 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.181 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 183 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.426 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 175 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.359 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8101 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.631 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0111 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.637 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 2.484 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.837 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.727 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 153 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3165 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.571 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.372 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 58 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.720 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 220 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.648 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.533 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 90 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.520 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 169 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.347 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 148 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.873 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 45 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.824 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.590 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.947 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.086 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 213 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.735 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.8104 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.172 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 51 km deep · 5 km away
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