M1.7 earthquake 67 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 67 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Aug 23, 2020, 6:05 AM HADT (15:05 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 76 km SW 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
- 2020-08-23 15:05:14 UTC
- Depth
- 40.1 km (24.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.779° N, 174.918° 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.214 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.770 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 152 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.850 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.054 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 75 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.829 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.072 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 153 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.147 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 130 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.976 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 162 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.119 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.679 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.958 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 123 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.040 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 130 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.817 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 99 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.6102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.5120 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.540 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.685 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 59 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.223 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 162 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.7102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.596 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.550 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.794 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.28 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 195 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.660 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.655 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.074 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 91 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.145 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 127 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.684 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 72 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.858 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.849 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.953 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.555 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.721 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.463 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 210 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.982 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.787 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.979 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.679 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.587 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.64 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 162 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.942 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 98 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.678 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 251 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.739 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 75 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.940 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.651 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.851 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.270 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 197 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.637 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 220 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.672 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 190 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 3.067 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.996 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.693 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.933 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 162 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of 136.
Before
- 2.668 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.587 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 205 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.99 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 222 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.867 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 218 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.564 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.824 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 171 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.48 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 184 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.835 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 128 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.638 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.336 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 193 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.971 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 154 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.658 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 58 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.179 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 186 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.773 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.842 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 159 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.770 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.067 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 176 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.757 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
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