Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 64 km SW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 64 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Jan 10, 2018, 8:40 AM HAST (18:40 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 36 km ESE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-10 18:40:54 UTC
Depth
16.2 km (10.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.730° N, 174.747° 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
13

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3146 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.978 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 251 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.231 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 111 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.588 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 3.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.160 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.0125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.064 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.3137 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.973 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 3.951 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.454 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.886 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 194 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 1.934 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.247 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.877 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.243 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.658 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 2.1135 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 3.390 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 2.044 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 71 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 1.758 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.0119 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 74 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 1.720 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.045 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 1.993 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 2.218 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 1.624 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 2.473 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 3.172 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 2.070 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 2.078 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 40 km deep · 17 km away
  39. 2.692 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 2.032 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 196 km deep · 44 km away
  41. 3.971 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 2.475 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 2.236 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 1.664 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  47. 2.071 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 64 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 1.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 2.284 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 3.8108 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 2.076 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 56 km deep · 14 km away
  53. 2.543 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  54. 2.062 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 3.565 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 101 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 2.879 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 1.624 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 4.936 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  59. 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 69 km deep · 17 km away
  60. 2.346 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 123 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

  1. 2.130 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.565 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 60 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.9118 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.849 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.095 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 2.426 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.3138 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.520 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.940 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.780 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 59 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 2.568 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 3.977 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.043 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 2.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 1.864 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.845 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 59 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.193 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 3.852 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away

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