Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 83 km ESE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 83 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 4:00 PM HADT (01:00 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 24 km E of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-08-29 01:00:56 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.847° N, 173.125° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
2.6ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
331°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
21

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.528 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 218 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.269 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.036 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.220 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.028 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.124 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 171 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 3.04 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.888 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.184 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.475 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.296 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 3.0174 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.825 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.1134 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 1.868 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.836 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.874 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.972 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.951 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 1.843 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.8107 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  23. 1.647 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 1.529 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 2.2117 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 1.816 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 2.547 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 1.974 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 1.628 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 2.435 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 194 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 2.373 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 3.375 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 2.270 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 2.260 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 74 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 3.466 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 3.959 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 83 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 2.675 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.465 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.230 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 213 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.661 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 1.825 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 139 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.659 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.055 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 3.388 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.270 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.534 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 3.264 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.7143 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.350 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.521 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 148 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.880 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.066 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 56 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 3.786 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.015 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.827 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.37 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 219 km deep · 89 km away

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