M1.8 earthquake 89 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 89 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 7:46 PM HAST (05:46 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 119 km SSW 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
- 2019-12-17 05:46:19 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.587° N, 175.047° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 181 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.724 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.072 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.843 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.456 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.066 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.973 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 249 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.252 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.075 km ESE of Adak, AK · 2474 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.344 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.666 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.071 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.9109 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.558 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.025 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.886 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.047 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.924 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.774 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.290 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.853 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.847 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.529 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.092 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.774 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.620 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.475 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 177 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.876 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 91 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.030 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.6101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.946 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.251 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.955 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.466 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.738 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.169 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 143 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.944 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.669 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.033 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.715 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.387 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.888 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.562 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 224 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0114 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.759 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.887 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.369 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.954 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.787 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 1.989 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.491 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1105 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.849 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of 151.
Before
- 2.673 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 155 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.371 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.273 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 135 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.880 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 53 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.958 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.071 km SW of Atka, AK · 2481 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.3123 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.530 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.185 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.662 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.086 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 59 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.769 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.891 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.550 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.683 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 47 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.287 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5126 km SSW of Atka, AK · 2484 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.0126 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.589 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
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