M2.2 earthquake 119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Dec 26, 2017, 7:49 PM HAST (05:49 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 36 km ESE of Adak, 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-27 05:49:26 UTC
- Depth
- 17.2 km (10.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.261° N, 175.046° 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
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.260 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.068 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.852 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.193 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.046 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.845 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.977 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.743 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.780 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.3112 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.248 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3138 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.095 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.382 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.849 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.163 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9118 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.565 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.664 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3146 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.588 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.160 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.064 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3137 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.973 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.951 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.356 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6158 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.247 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.877 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.658 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1135 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.390 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0119 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.993 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.473 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.070 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.078 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.3152 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 118.
Before
- 1.538 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.164 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.870 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.289 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.678 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.484 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.170 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.578 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.087 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.340 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.789 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.9102 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7108 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.6119 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.196 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.849 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.057 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.388 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.260 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
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