M2.3 earthquake 137 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 137 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Jan 13, 2018, 7:14 AM HAST (17:14 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 48 km SW 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-13 17:14:19 UTC
- Depth
- 11.7 km (7.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.045° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.973 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.262 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.6158 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.658 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1135 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.390 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0119 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.993 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.473 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.070 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.078 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.3152 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.692 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.475 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.664 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.157 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.284 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.8108 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.076 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.543 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.062 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.794 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.7183 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.267 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6197 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.196 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.790 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.8190 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.4106 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.880 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.262 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.9179 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.462 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.174 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.4114 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.888 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.769 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.067 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.083 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.891 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.5122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.3111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of 83.
Before
- 2.064 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.160 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.588 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3146 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.664 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.565 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9118 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.849 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.382 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.095 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3138 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.3112 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.780 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.977 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5207 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
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