M1.7 earthquake 70 km WSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 70 km WSW of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Mar 2, 2018, 11:45 PM HAST (09:45 UTC), 45 km (28 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-03 09:45:04 UTC
- Depth
- 44.6 km (27.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.861° N, 175.072° 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
- 8
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.59 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 145 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.240 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0118 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3119 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.692 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.341 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.838 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.625 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.670 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.656 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.876 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.862 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.954 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.557 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.3100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.243 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.126 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 54 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.648 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 68 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 4.041 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 222 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.444 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.096 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 49 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.878 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.490 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.832 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.4103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.178 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.562 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 55 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.763 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.318 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.844 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.498 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 49 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.183 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.125 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.457 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 211 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.752 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.263 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.327 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.715 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 147 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.557 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 214 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.333 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.556 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.137 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.646 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 54 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of 80.
Before
- 2.097 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.621 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 192 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.934 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1104 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.443 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 135 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.3111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.342 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.891 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.133 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 60 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.083 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.067 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.334 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.769 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 53 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.888 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 53 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.174 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.462 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
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