M2.1 earthquake 91 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 91 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 5:57 PM HAST (03:57 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 82 km SW 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-16 03:57:51 UTC
- Depth
- 25.4 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.497° N, 174.895° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.891 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.664 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.580 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.467 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 154 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0104 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.042 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.477 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.356 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.363 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.065 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.948 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1116 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.084 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.5165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.443 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.985 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.242 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.069 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.5170 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1145 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.143 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.479 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.997 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.044 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.060 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.370 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.988 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 204 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.173 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.5112 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.834 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.366 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.975 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.761 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.042 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.459 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.982 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 52 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.585 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.588 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.186 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.3102 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.228 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.244 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.153 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.072 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.196 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.280 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.817 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 206 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.260 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.388 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.057 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.849 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
The first 60 of 122.
Before
- 2.485 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 41 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.668 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.164 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.880 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.158 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.854 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.687 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.144 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.259 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.055 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.573 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.086 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.053 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.495 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 37 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.974 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.085 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.169 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
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