M2.6 earthquake 21 km SSE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 21 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Jan 9, 2017, 8:23 AM HAST (18:23 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 56 km E 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
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-09 18:23:40 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.010° N, 174.095° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.022 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 68 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.859 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.357 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 63 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.687 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.986 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.9103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.881 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.799 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8119 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.123 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 134 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.0111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.789 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.343 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.177 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 128 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.336 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.8103 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.9110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.874 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 178 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9101 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.235 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 209 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.181 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.522 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.555 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 100 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.590 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.295 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.588 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.660 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 172 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.958 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.682 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 188 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.2104 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.1100 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6101 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.597 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.466 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.961 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 123 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.056 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.574 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 192 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.492 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.256 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.862 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.169 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 55 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.989 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.891 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 2.737 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 71 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.424 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 73 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 99 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.8115 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.8112 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.4103 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.242 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.558 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.931 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.292 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.978 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.545 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 81 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.764 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.046 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.286 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 131 km deep · 95 km away
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