M1.6 earthquake 64 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 64 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Nov 16, 2017, 9:24 AM HAST (19:24 UTC), 23 km (14 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-16 19:24:34 UTC
- Depth
- 22.7 km (14.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.792° N, 174.865° 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
- 8
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.580 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.467 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 154 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0104 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 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 · 70 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.356 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.363 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.065 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.624 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.948 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1116 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.084 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.443 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.985 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.242 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.069 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 43 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1145 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.143 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.479 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.997 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.662 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 239 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.044 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.060 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.370 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.988 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 204 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.173 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5112 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.834 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.761 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 46 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.042 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.982 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 52 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.585 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.588 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.186 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 49 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.228 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.153 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.072 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 53 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.196 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.280 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.817 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 206 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.260 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.388 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.057 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.849 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.039 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.789 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 55 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.759 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 215 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.540 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 167 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.087 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.170 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 53 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.933 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 160 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.484 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.936 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 172 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of 114.
Before
- 1.891 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.191 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.485 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.668 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 47 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.164 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.141 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.158 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 71 km deep · 7 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 · 99 km away
- 2.035 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.259 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.455 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 218 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.055 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.573 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.623 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.053 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.037 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 194 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.495 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
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