M1.9 earthquake 29 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 29 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 4:49 PM HADT (01:49 UTC), 59 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 51 km NNE 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-17 01:49:51 UTC
- Depth
- 58.7 km (36.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.953° N, 174.364° 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: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.878 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.832 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.4103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.178 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.562 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 55 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.763 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.318 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 72 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.844 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.766 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 137 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.498 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 49 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.183 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.125 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.457 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 211 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.649 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 207 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.715 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 147 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.557 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 214 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.793 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.333 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.646 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 54 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.882 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.944 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 153 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.286 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.3103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.463 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.347 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.551 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 176 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.4105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.791 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.035 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 152 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.892 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.094 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.188 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.149 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.671 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.073 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.963 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 204 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.6111 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.466 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.267 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.575 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 1.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 60 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1112 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.096 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.444 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 52 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.785 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.041 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 222 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.648 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 68 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 54 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.3100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.853 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 174 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.885 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.557 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.954 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 55 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2118 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.862 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 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 · 3128 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.670 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.838 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
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