Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 49 km SSW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 49 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Jan 9, 2018, 8:57 PM HAST (06:57 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 96 km SW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-10 06:57:12 UTC
Depth
45.9 km (28.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.793° N, 174.519° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
13

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9118 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.565 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.130 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.664 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.231 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 111 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.588 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 3.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.0125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.3137 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 3.951 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.454 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.886 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 194 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.934 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.877 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.243 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.658 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.1135 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 3.390 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.044 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 74 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 71 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 2.0119 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 1.720 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 2.045 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.993 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.218 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 1.624 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 2.473 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 3.172 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 2.070 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 2.078 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 40 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 2.692 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 2.032 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 196 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 3.971 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 2.475 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 2.236 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 2.071 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 1.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 2.659 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 2.284 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 3.8108 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 2.076 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 56 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 2.543 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  47. 2.062 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 3.565 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 101 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 2.879 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 94 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 1.624 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 69 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  53. 4.196 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 1.711 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 1.953 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 1.633 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  57. 1.977 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 2.790 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 2.777 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 1.962 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 111.

Before

  1. 2.095 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.426 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.520 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 1.940 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.780 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.568 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 3.977 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.043 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 2.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 51 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 1.845 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 59 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 2.193 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.068 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.1117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.260 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 4.847 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 182 km deep · 88 km away · tsunami flag
  17. 3.0113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.448 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 4.150 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 182 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.2119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away

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