M2.3 earthquake 90 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 90 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Oct 11, 2017, 3:28 AM HADT (12:28 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 82 km SW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
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
- 2017-10-11 12:28:42 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.649° N, 175.170° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 116 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.542 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.949 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.653 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.275 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.080 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 188 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.161 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.086 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.579 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.930 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.282 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.283 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 57 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.566 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.726 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 78 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.986 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.553 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.495 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.676 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.597 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.096 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.246 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 54 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.7113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.9118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.054 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.970 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.939 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.739 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.542 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.218 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 168 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.471 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 152 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.027 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.159 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.169 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 41 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.418 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.085 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.974 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.495 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 37 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.049 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.053 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.086 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.623 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.573 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.038 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.455 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 218 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.259 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.857 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.035 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.144 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.240 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.687 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.854 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.158 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 71 km deep · 32 km away
The first 60 of 116.
Before
- 2.762 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1100 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.018 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.991 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.969 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.980 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.442 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 90 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.090 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.955 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.936 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.784 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 71 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.631 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.939 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.359 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.036 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.834 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
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