M2.4 earthquake 48 km W of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 48 km W of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Dec 27, 2017, 3:52 AM HAST (13:52 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 36 km ESE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-27 13:52:19 UTC
- Depth
- 22.8 km (14.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.182° N, 174.917° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.269 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 175 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.847 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 182 km deep · 53 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.260 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.068 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.065 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 216 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.845 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.977 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.568 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.738 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 59 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.780 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.780 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 204 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.987 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 182 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.520 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.426 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.095 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.849 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.565 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.130 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.664 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.978 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 251 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.231 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.637 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 102 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.951 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.454 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.886 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 194 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.934 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.877 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.243 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.658 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.390 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.044 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.542 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · -2 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 74 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.720 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 69 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.045 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.218 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.624 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.473 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.070 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.078 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.692 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.443 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 186 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.625 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.032 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 196 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.971 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 74 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.475 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.236 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.071 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 64 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.159 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 180 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 104.
Before
- 4.150 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 182 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.164 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.289 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.038 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.678 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.936 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 172 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.786 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 151 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.484 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.933 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 160 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.170 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.087 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.540 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 167 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.759 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 215 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.789 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.039 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.849 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.057 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.388 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.817 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 206 km deep · 39 km away
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