M1.8 earthquake 70 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 70 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 5:21 AM HADT (14:21 UTC), 22 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 24 km E 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-26 14:21:51 UTC
- Depth
- 21.7 km (13.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.763° N, 174.957° 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
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.967 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.527 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.172 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.230 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 213 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.093 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 177 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.629 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.859 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.264 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 57 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.827 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.361 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 73 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.984 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.528 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 218 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.927 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.381 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.598 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.927 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 165 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.476 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 145 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.227 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.542 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 78 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.783 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.049 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.797 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.269 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.462 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 182 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.329 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 149 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.633 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 69 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.036 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.874 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 37 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.220 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.728 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 79 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.251 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.028 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 43 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.356 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 57 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.181 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 75 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.124 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 171 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.04 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.875 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 204 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.888 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.184 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.332 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 158 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.980 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.644 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 97 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.558 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 80 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.797 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.296 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.093 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.065 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.8102 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.962 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.568 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.519 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 103 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.825 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.966 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of 115.
Before
- 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.825 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 139 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.388 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.584 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.580 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.534 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.834 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.846 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.785 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.350 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.973 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.897 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.892 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.521 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 148 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6103 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.656 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.692 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.224 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 172 km deep · 76 km away
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