M2.0 earthquake 119 km S of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 119 km S of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 12:05 PM HAST (22:05 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 50 km SE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-18 22:05:55 UTC
- Depth
- 32.9 km (20.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.139° N, 173.890° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.694 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.045 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.172 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3152 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.032 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 196 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3183 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.2194 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.6195 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1135 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.8108 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.076 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9152 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.951 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 69 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7183 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.6172 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.2170 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.953 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.633 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.977 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.777 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.8190 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.019 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4106 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.262 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9179 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.950 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 183 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.4114 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.334 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.083 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.133 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.891 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.376 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.342 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.3111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.458 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1104 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.934 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3147 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.7192 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.097 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0118 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3119 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5169 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.838 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.3125 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.876 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.862 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of 80.
Before
- 2.5195 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6203 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7199 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.7198 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.044 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1135 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.4185 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.3196 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0194 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.243 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6158 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.454 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.9184 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7176 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3137 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0184 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.9191 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7182 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.2190 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
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