M2.6 earthquake 182 km SSE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 182 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:13 PM HADT (02:13 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 200 km SSE 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
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-30 02:13:16 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.763° N, 172.927° 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 2.6 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
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 6.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 315°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 22
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.3155 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3110 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5153 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.8193 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.9200 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.9109 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.1241 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.5164 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.2176 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.9196 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1194 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.2172 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006a1c (also filed as ak019dx53uet). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:17 PM UTC.