Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 44 km SE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 44 km SE of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 1:57 AM HAST (11:57 UTC), 74 km (46 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
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-18 11:57:29 UTC
Depth
73.9 km (45.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.869° N, 173.832° 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: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 71 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.0119 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.720 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.287 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 3.2102 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 216 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.694 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.045 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 47 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.218 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.624 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 3.172 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.032 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 196 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.236 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 76 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.071 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.1135 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.659 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 4.370 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 178 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 3.159 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 180 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 3.8108 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 2.076 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.543 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 3.565 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 101 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 1.624 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 2.959 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 144 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 1.711 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  31. 1.953 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 1.633 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  33. 1.977 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 2.777 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 1.950 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 82 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.535 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 167 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 2.018 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 92 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 3.019 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 2.4106 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 2.512 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
  41. 2.710 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 207 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 2.7117 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 2.140 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 88 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 2.241 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 2.262 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 2.731 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 212 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 2.938 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 167 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 46 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 3.950 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 183 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 1.935 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 3.174 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 2.4114 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 1.990 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 2.334 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 62 km deep · 17 km away
  55. 3.083 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 2.133 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 60 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 2.891 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  58. 2.376 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 2.342 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 84 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 2.3111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 94.

Before

  1. 3.390 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.243 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.934 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.454 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 44 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 3.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.588 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.231 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 111 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 1.664 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.4126 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.130 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.565 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 1.849 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.426 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 68 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 1.520 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.940 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.568 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 2.043 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.934 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 1.845 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away

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