M2.3 earthquake 86 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 86 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 10:21 PM HADT (07:21 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 95 km SE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-17 07:21:57 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.646° N, 175.088° 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
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.383 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.939 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.778 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.760 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.770 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.456 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.966 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.681 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.438 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.918 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.466 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.069 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3116 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.738 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 69 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.847 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.974 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.093 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.070 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.071 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.074 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 54 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.656 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.938 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.870 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.615 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 95 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.547 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.073 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.384 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.617 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.753 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.995 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 51 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.170 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.846 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.864 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.074 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.354 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.919 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.630 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.055 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.266 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.716 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.855 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.972 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.081 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.465 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 48 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.362 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.681 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.777 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.66 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.577 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.759 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.435 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 194 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.628 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.239 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 159 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.974 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.940 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.547 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.473 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.554 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.816 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.784 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 52 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.844 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.535 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.624 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.571 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.529 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.647 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 50 km deep · 45 km away
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