Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 34 km ENE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 34 km ENE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Jan 15, 2018, 5:58 AM HAST (15:58 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 48 km SW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-15 15:58:08 UTC
Depth
4.1 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.265° N, 173.707° 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
11

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.243 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.044 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.720 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.287 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 3.2102 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 216 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.694 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.045 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.218 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 1.624 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 3.172 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.032 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 196 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.236 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 76 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.659 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 81 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 4.370 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 178 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 3.159 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 180 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.543 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 3.565 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.624 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 2.959 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 144 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 1.711 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 1.953 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 3.4117 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 207 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 1.633 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  29. 1.977 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 2.777 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 1.950 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 2.535 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 167 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 2.018 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 92 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 3.019 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 2.512 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 2.710 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 207 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 2.7117 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.140 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.241 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 2.262 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 2.731 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 212 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 2.938 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 167 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 3.950 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 183 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 1.935 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 2.334 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 3.083 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 2.133 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 2.376 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 2.342 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 84 km deep · 37 km away
  51. 2.458 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
  52. 1.934 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
  53. 2.621 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 192 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 2.4118 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 2.59 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 145 km deep · 31 km away
  56. 1.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 1.838 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  58. 1.862 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 3.6126 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 109 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 3.188 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 183 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 2.454 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.588 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.231 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 111 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 1.664 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.130 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.565 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.849 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.426 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 68 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.520 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.780 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 204 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.940 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.568 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.043 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.845 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 3.065 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 216 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 3.271 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 218 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 2.068 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.260 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 4.847 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 182 km deep · 64 km away · tsunami flag

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