M1.9 earthquake 62 km ESE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 62 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Oct 5, 2020, 11:49 AM HADT (20:49 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 147 km E 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
- 2020-10-05 20:49:26 UTC
- Depth
- 52.8 km (32.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.915° N, 173.414° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.539 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.218 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 71 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.154 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 53 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.932 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.851 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.945 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.926 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 195 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.737 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.826 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.921 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 195 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.892 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.615 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 180 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.071 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.841 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 166 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.934 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 193 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 148 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.819 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 188 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.699 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.930 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 199 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.057 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 76 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.534 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 78 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.516 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.013 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.352 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 115 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.49 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 158 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.933 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 218 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.943 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 247 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.520 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 159 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.230 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.090 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.272 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 100 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.3112 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.2112 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.988 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.669 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.883 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.9106 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.6103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.056 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.293 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.8101 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.056 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.373 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0109 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1147 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.6138 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 103 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.631 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 170 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.862 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 2.325 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 172 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.749 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.336 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 200 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.576 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.6100 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 151 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.147 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 85 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.325 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 145 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.840 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.735 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 55 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 152 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.775 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.915 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 170 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.787 km SSE of Atka, AK · 2195 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.583 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.967 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 71 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.07 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 140 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.026 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 122 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.385 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.9116 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
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