M2.4 earthquake 56 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 56 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Oct 20, 2019, 6:42 PM HADT (03:42 UTC), 48 km (30 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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-21 03:42:07 UTC
- Depth
- 48.1 km (29.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.779° N, 174.674° 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
- 29
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.966 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.260 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.751 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 165 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.466 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1117 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.069 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.5125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3116 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.4119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.738 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 69 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.637 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 167 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.093 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.070 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.071 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.074 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 54 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.228 km N of Atka, AK · 2525 days ago · 127 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.050 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 137 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.929 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.628 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.384 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.617 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 52 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.753 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.995 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.170 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.846 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.864 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.074 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 39 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.919 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.833 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.266 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.855 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 36 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.972 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.081 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.465 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.067 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.681 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.777 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.66 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.977 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.469 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.716 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 195 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.363 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 173 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.784 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.862 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 57 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.366 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.381 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.943 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 174 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.943 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.969 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
- 6.395 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5 · tsunami flag
- 4.598 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.399 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.099 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.598 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.0102 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2105 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.770 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.760 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.270 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.778 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.386 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.759 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.435 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 194 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.628 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 63 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.239 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 159 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.974 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.547 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.473 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.554 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.816 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.784 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 52 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.844 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.535 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.571 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
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