M1.6 earthquake 46 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 46 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Apr 4, 2018, 11:30 AM HADT (20:30 UTC), 54 km (33 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-04 20:30:23 UTC
- Depth
- 53.6 km (33.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.792° N, 174.350° 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: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1133 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.882 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.944 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 153 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.286 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.3103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.463 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.347 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 39 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.551 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 176 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.4105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.791 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.035 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 152 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.892 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.094 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.188 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.6113 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.149 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.671 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.073 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.6111 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.466 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.267 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.575 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 76 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.135 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 195 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.130 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 190 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.136 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 212 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.981 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.945 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 45 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.362 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.641 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.562 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.18 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 222 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.529 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 62 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.4100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.059 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 50 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.220 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 188 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.050 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 58 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 1.717 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.333 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.793 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.715 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 147 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.649 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 207 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.457 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 211 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.125 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.183 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.0113 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.498 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.766 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 137 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.844 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 68 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.318 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.763 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.562 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 55 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.178 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.4103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
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