M1.8 earthquake 59 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 59 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 7:44 AM HADT (16:44 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 24 km E 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-28 16:44:34 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.758° N, 174.693° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.264 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 57 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.827 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.361 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 73 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.984 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.528 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 218 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.927 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.381 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.598 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.927 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 165 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.476 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 145 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.227 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.542 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 78 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.1125 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.783 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.049 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.797 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.269 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 51 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.462 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 182 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.329 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 149 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.036 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.874 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 37 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.220 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.251 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.028 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 55 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 43 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.356 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 57 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.181 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.124 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 171 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.04 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 81 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.875 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 204 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.888 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.184 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.332 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 158 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.980 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.644 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.558 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.797 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.296 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.093 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.065 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8102 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.825 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.966 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.893 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.587 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.868 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.399 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.586 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.373 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.836 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.869 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.455 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.874 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
The first 60 of 95.
Before
- 2.629 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.230 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 213 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.172 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.527 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.967 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.870 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.825 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 139 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.388 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.584 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.580 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.534 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.846 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.785 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.350 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.973 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 40 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.897 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.892 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.521 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 148 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6103 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
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