M1.6 earthquake 57 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 57 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 6:36 AM HAST (16:36 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 101 km ESE of Adak, 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
- 2018-12-11 16:36:22 UTC
- Depth
- 18.3 km (11.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.759° N, 174.648° 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
- 9
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.518 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.855 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 59 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.415 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 135 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.880 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.642 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 131 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.856 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 38 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.692 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.466 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 159 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.179 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.531 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.243 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 146 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.760 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.393 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.671 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 142 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.544 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.122 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.512 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 164 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.851 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 174 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.356 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.2115 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.7118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.953 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.773 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.160 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.839 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.6106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.8112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.9117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.592 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.266 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.087 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 247 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.928 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.874 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 49 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.893 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 187 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.254 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.620 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.331 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 94 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.170 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.4120 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.448 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6121 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.276 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.052 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.350 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.372 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.296 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.231 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.193 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.675 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 158 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.66 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 143 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.796 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.574 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.860 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
The first 60 of 62.
Before
- 3.994 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.951 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.848 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.528 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.129 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.840 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.686 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.386 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.822 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 206 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.883 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.562 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.157 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.849 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.433 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.764 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.250 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.680 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 174 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.992 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.497 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
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