M2.1 earthquake 78 km SSE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 78 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Mar 18, 2018, 10:59 PM HADT (07:59 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 94 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-19 07:59:18 UTC
- Depth
- 15.8 km (9.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.536° N, 173.791° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.562 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.763 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.4146 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.318 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.844 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.766 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 137 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.0113 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.125 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.715 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 147 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.793 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.333 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.646 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 54 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.1133 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.882 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.944 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 153 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.286 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.3103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.463 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.347 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.4105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.791 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.7133 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.035 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 152 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.892 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.094 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.6113 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.149 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.671 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.073 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.6111 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.466 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.267 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.575 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.135 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 195 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 2.4103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.832 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 82 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 60 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1112 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.444 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 52 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.785 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.648 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.2132 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 38 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.885 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.557 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.954 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 55 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2118 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.862 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.876 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
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