M2.3 earthquake 100 km S of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 100 km S of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 3:29 PM HADT (00:29 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 48 km SW 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-13 00:29:11 UTC
- Depth
- 38.4 km (23.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.296° N, 174.254° 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
- 10
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2132 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.4184 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.3190 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.648 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.785 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.444 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.096 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.7184 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1112 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.490 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.832 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.4103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.178 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.562 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.763 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.4146 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.318 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.844 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.498 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.0113 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.183 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.793 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.333 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.646 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 54 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1133 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.882 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.944 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 153 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.286 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.3103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.463 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.347 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 39 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.4105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.791 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.7133 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.892 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.094 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.188 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6113 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.3161 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.149 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.073 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 2.885 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.557 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.954 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.1119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2118 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.862 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.876 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.1109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.3125 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.838 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5169 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.692 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3119 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0118 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.770 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.097 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.3147 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.934 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
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