M1.9 earthquake 42 km ENE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 42 km ENE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 8:42 PM HADT (05:42 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 123 km NNE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-15 05:42:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.2 km (6.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.354° N, 173.637° 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: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.335 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 188 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.933 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 162 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.660 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.9116 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.385 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.026 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 122 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.07 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 140 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.967 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.583 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.787 km SSE of Atka, AK · 2195 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.915 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 170 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.775 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 152 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.735 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.840 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 76 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.325 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 145 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.147 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 85 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.6100 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 151 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.336 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 200 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.749 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.325 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 172 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.539 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.218 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.154 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 53 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.932 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.851 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.945 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.926 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 195 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.737 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.826 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.921 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 195 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.9136 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 215 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.892 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.615 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 180 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.071 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.841 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 166 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.934 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 193 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 148 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.819 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 188 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.930 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 199 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.057 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 76 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.534 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.5123 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 240 km deep · 95 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.640 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 78 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.755 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 183 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.516 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.013 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.043 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 95 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.352 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.49 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 158 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3130 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 138 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.933 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 218 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.943 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 247 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.520 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 159 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.230 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.090 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of 61.
Before
- 2.637 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 220 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.940 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.739 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.955 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.942 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 98 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.64 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 162 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.721 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.849 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 82 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.655 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.660 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.28 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 195 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.223 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 162 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.540 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.817 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.119 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.054 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.850 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.214 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 101 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.668 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.885 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
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