M1.9 earthquake 52 km ESE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 52 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Nov 2, 2017, 11:30 AM HADT (20:30 UTC), 67 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 47 km NNW 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-02 20:30:06 UTC
- Depth
- 66.5 km (41.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.075° N, 173.455° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.027 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.866 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 62 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.029 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.159 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.037 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 194 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.053 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.055 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.259 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.173 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.2138 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.286 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.158 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.141 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.687 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.743 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 177 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.384 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.4114 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.356 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3106 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.2107 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.2104 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.363 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.065 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.084 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.096 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 226 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.242 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.586 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.143 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.739 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 188 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3109 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.997 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.044 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 52 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.9140 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.988 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 204 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.834 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.761 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.228 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.817 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 206 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.849 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.039 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.875 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.540 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 167 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.087 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.933 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 160 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.936 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 172 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.038 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.289 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.150 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 182 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.847 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 182 km deep · 90 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.260 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.068 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.193 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.271 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 218 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 2.218 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 168 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.542 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.060 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 63 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.958 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 179 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.634 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 166 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.879 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.6121 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.930 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.689 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.086 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.161 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.397 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.653 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.949 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.325 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 155 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.762 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.018 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.991 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
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