M1.9 earthquake 77 km SE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 77 km SE of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Feb 6, 2018, 12:08 AM HAST (10:08 UTC), 30 km (19 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
- 2018-02-06 10:08:34 UTC
- Depth
- 30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.772° N, 173.302° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.777 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 82 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.018 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.019 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.4106 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.512 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.710 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 207 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7117 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.140 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.262 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.938 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 167 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.950 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 183 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.4114 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.334 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.083 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.133 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.891 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.376 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.342 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 84 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.458 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.1104 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.934 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.621 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 192 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.097 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.4118 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.59 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 145 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.838 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.3125 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.862 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.6126 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2118 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.954 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 55 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.557 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.885 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.853 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 174 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.2132 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.648 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.785 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.444 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1112 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.832 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.4103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.178 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.562 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.763 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.318 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.844 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 68 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.766 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 137 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.0113 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.125 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.649 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 207 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.715 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 147 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.793 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
The first 60 of 64.
Before
- 1.633 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.4117 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 207 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.953 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 69 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.9152 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.624 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.543 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.8108 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.659 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 81 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1135 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.236 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 76 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.032 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 196 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.172 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.624 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.218 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.045 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.694 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
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