Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 52 km W of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 52 km W of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 3:13 AM HAST (13:13 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 90 km E of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-01-16 13:13:20 UTC
Depth
72.3 km (44.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.272° N, 174.964° 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
8

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.350 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.372 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 85 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.634 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 134 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.296 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.231 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.675 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 158 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.66 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 143 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.574 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 3.860 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.373 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.485 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 108 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 4.453 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 157 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 4.125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 2.845 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 161 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 4.137 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.050 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.174 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 2.595 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 3.579 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 183 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.768 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 90 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 4.151 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 201 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.358 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.568 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 175 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 1.641 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 1.659 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2768 days ago · -2 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 5.190 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 2.485 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 2.783 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 3.693 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 2.355 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 4.1105 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 222 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 2.678 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 2.249 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.961 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 2.684 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 4.090 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 4.073 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 223 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 2.276 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.672 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.645 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.170 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.963 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.331 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 94 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 3.620 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 55 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.254 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.893 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 187 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 1.854 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.874 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 81 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 1.928 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 81 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 3.087 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 247 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.266 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.646 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.741 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.592 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.243 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 1.839 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away

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