Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 117 km ESE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 117 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Oct 7, 2019, 7:39 AM HADT (16:39 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 93 km ENE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-10-07 16:39:07 UTC
Depth
7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.697° N, 172.691° 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
16

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.547 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.974 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 3.5182 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.373 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 3.375 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.270 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.260 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 74 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 3.466 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 3.959 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 83 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.069 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 3.929 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.3110 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 4.893 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 128 km deep · 93 km away · tsunami flag
  14. 2.172 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 63 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.5153 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 3.7176 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.170 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.864 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.3103 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 2.8158 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 4.081 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.067 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 2.372 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 61 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 4.381 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 2.889 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 136 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.969 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 2.226 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 2.431 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 2.790 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 2.8171 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.8107 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 2.2172 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.951 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.972 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.868 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.1134 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.825 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 3.0174 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.296 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.475 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.124 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 171 km deep · 95 km away

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