M1.8 earthquake 65 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 65 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Oct 5, 2018, 12:00 PM HADT (21:00 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 93 km S of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-05 21:00:06 UTC
- Depth
- 40.7 km (25.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.812° N, 174.922° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.832 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 97 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.572 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.262 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.070 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.867 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.138 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.724 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.679 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 230 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.788 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 213 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.368 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 121 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.462 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8113 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.281 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 136 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.026 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 94 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.172 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.144 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.988 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.067 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.754 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 85 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.8100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.952 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.986 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.940 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.340 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.571 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.732 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.446 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 89 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.840 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.489 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.363 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.943 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.555 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.968 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.053 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.456 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.651 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 168 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6103 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.969 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 117 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.093 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.022 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 146 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.395 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.037 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2108 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.653 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.695 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.693 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.586 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.349 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.396 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.078 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.344 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 164 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.278 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 181 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.162 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.887 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 74 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.741 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of 94.
Before
- 2.069 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 47 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.988 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.253 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.058 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 77 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.316 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 83 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.448 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 129 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.584 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.861 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.255 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 140 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.987 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.828 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 202 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5108 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.619 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.892 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.266 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 180 km deep · 64 km away
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