M1.9 earthquake 54 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 54 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Jan 31, 2018, 12:57 AM HAST (10:57 UTC), 22 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 48 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-31 10:57:45 UTC
- Depth
- 21.6 km (13.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.731° N, 174.438° 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: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.196 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.953 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.633 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.977 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.790 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.777 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.535 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 167 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.018 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 92 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.019 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4106 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.512 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.710 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 207 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.880 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.140 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 88 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.241 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 97 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.262 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.731 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 212 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.938 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 167 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.950 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 183 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.462 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.174 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.4114 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.888 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.769 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.334 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 62 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.067 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.083 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.133 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 60 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.891 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.376 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.342 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 84 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.3125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.5122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.458 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1104 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.934 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.621 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 192 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.097 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.770 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.59 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 145 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0118 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.3119 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.692 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.838 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.3125 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.670 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.876 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.862 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.2118 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of 96.
Before
- 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 69 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.624 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.879 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 94 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.565 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 101 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.062 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.543 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.076 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.8108 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.284 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.659 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.071 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.236 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 76 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.475 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.971 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.032 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 196 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.692 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
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