M2.0 earthquake 69 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 69 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Dec 1, 2017, 1:53 PM HAST (23:53 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 82 km SW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-01 23:53:51 UTC
- Depth
- 43.3 km (26.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.769° N, 174.933° 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: 149 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1145 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.143 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.479 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.997 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.662 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 239 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.044 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.060 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.370 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.988 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 204 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.173 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5112 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.834 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.366 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.488 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.761 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 46 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.042 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.459 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.982 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 52 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.585 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.588 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.186 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 49 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.228 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.244 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.153 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.072 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 53 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.196 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.280 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.817 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 206 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.260 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.388 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.057 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.849 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 50 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.039 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.789 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 55 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.759 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 215 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.540 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 167 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.087 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.170 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 53 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.933 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 160 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.484 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.936 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 172 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.678 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.038 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.289 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.870 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.164 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.448 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.0113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.269 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 175 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.847 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 182 km deep · 96 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.260 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.1117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.068 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.852 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.193 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.046 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
The first 60 of 149.
Before
- 2.242 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.985 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 84 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.443 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.084 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1116 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.948 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.624 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.065 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.363 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.356 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.477 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.042 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0104 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.467 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 154 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.580 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
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