M2.3 earthquake 84 km SE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 84 km SE of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Nov 19, 2017, 7:01 PM HAST (05:01 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 109 km ESE 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-20 05:01:34 UTC
- Depth
- 2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.720° N, 173.236° 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: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4114 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.356 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3106 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 62 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.2107 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.2104 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.363 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.065 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.084 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.242 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.586 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.143 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.739 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 188 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3109 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.997 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.044 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.9140 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.988 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 204 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5112 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.834 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.228 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3145 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.817 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 206 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.039 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 37 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.875 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.540 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 167 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.087 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.936 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 172 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.038 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.289 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.260 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.068 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.193 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.271 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 218 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.845 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.568 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.520 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.426 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.849 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.565 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.130 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.4126 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.231 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 111 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.588 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.454 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.934 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.243 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.044 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0119 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 1.714 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.687 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 38 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.141 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.286 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.2138 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.173 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.259 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.055 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.053 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.037 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 194 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.029 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.866 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 62 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.027 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.952 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.542 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.060 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.958 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 179 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.879 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
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