M4.5 earthquake 211 km SSE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 211 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 4:19 AM HAST (14:19 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-10 14:19:27 UTC
- Depth
- 20.8 km (12.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.335° N, 173.597° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.037 · 215 stations |
| 4.5 | mb, body-wave | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.4 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 266
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8219 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0146 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8157 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1173 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007scy (also filed as ak15059851, ak017grto9p). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC.