M1.6 earthquake 139 km S of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 139 km S of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 2:25 AM HADT (11:25 UTC), 5 km (3 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-25 11:25:54 UTC
- Depth
- 5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.946° N, 174.218° 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
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.583 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.787 km SSE of Atka, AK · 2194 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2214 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.7152 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.897 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.376 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 4.090 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.683 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.681 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.586 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.784 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.576 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.586 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.881 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.886 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.749 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1180 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.882 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.851 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.3171 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1181 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.892 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6194 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6135 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.699 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.6104 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0161 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.4202 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 89 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.6166 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.9191 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.090 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.4161 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.988 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.669 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.2206 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.883 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.056 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 2.6195 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.982 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.8191 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.660 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.7176 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2211 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7166 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.979 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2148 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.660 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.1162 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.7102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8190 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5120 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
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