M1.9 earthquake 40 km ESE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 40 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Jan 6, 2018, 3:54 AM HAST (13:54 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 70 km NE 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
- 2018-01-06 13:54:07 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.016° N, 173.696° 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: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.520 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.426 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 68 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.849 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.565 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.130 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.4126 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.664 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.231 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 111 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.588 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.454 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.934 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.243 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.044 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 74 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0119 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.720 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.287 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.2102 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 216 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.694 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.045 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 47 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.218 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.624 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.172 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.032 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 196 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.236 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 76 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.659 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 81 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.370 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 178 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.159 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 180 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.8108 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.076 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 56 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.543 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.624 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.959 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 144 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.953 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.4117 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 207 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.633 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.977 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.777 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 82 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.535 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 167 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.018 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 92 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.019 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.4106 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.512 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.710 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 207 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.7117 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.140 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 88 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.241 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 97 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.262 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.731 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 212 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.938 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 167 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 46 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.950 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 183 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of 79.
Before
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.568 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.845 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.271 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 218 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.193 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.068 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.260 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.847 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 182 km deep · 83 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.448 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.150 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 182 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.289 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.038 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.936 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 172 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.933 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 160 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.170 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.087 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.540 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 167 km deep · 6 km away
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