M1.7 earthquake 77 km WSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 77 km WSW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, May 2, 2020, 5:30 PM HADT (02:30 UTC), 84 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 19 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-03 02:30:57 UTC
- Depth
- 83.9 km (52.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.022° N, 175.293° 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 131 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.673 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 142 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.620 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.862 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 193 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.753 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.14 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 185 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.533 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.867 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.844 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.970 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.015 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 187 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.672 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 70 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.8121 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.832 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.130 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 194 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.8104 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.875 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 162 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.559 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 53 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.169 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 70 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.943 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.953 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.367 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 210 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.693 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.930 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.67 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.554 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 173 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.595 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.021 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.399 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.678 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.545 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 207 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.186 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.561 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.034 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.135 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.0100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.763 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.749 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 212 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.051 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 158 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.758 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.645 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.835 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 98 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.624 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.9102 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.760 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.967 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.833 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 67 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.556 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.747 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.056 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 158 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.86 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.05 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.442 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 182 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.845 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.771 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.643 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 131.
Before
- 2.662 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.289 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.86 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.811 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.021 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.564 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.897 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.098 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.851 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.8103 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 224 km deep · 96 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.823 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.797 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.13 km N of Adak, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 118 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.260 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 235 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.866 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 47 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.769 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 56 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.8114 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.324 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
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