M2.7 earthquake 99 km SE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 99 km SE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Jan 16, 2017, 9:44 AM HAST (19:44 UTC), 34 km (21 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
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-16 19:44:02 UTC
- Depth
- 33.8 km (21.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.547° N, 173.207° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8119 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.789 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.343 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.336 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.1120 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.8105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9101 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.522 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.555 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.590 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.0146 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 46 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.958 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.2104 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.1100 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.5103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.6101 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.597 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.466 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.056 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.8157 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.256 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.862 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.169 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 55 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.891 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6144 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.843 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.125 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 92 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7111 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.498 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 87 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.29 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 2.881 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.9103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 52 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.986 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.357 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.859 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.022 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.621 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7129 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.424 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.8115 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.8112 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.4103 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 78 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.558 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 48 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.8137 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.8146 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.931 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.292 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.9126 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
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