Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 28 km NNW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 28 km NNW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Jan 2, 2019, 4:04 AM HAST (14:04 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 73 km SE 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
2019-01-02 14:04:59 UTC
Depth
81.1 km (50.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.440° N, 174.339° 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
10

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.874 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.854 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 3.665 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.893 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 187 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 3.620 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 55 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.331 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 94 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 3.672 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.052 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.350 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.231 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 2.675 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 158 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.66 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 143 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.485 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 108 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 4.125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.845 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 161 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 4.137 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 3.164 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.050 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 4.573 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 3.579 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 183 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 2.768 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 90 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 4.151 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 201 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 2.358 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 3.087 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 247 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.266 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.839 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.953 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 3.978 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 237 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.851 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 174 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 2.512 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 164 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.122 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.049 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.671 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 142 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.760 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.531 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.260 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.856 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.642 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 131 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.415 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 135 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 1.855 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.518 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 1.657 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.951 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away

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