M1.6 earthquake 15 km NW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km NW of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 12:14 PM HADT (21:14 UTC), 180 km (112 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 47 km WSW 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-20 21:14:10 UTC
- Depth
- 179.5 km (111.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.310° N, 174.343° 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
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.071 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.841 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 166 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.934 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 193 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.079 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 101 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 148 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.819 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 188 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.930 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 199 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.373 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 239 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.057 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.978 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.534 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 78 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.755 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 183 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.516 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.285.5 km W of Adak, AK · 2164 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.791 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.013 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 98 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.043 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 95 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.660.7 km NE of Atka, AK · 2160 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.352 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.49 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 158 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.933 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 218 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.943 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 247 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.520 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 159 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.230 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.272 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.669 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.883 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.668 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 156 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.974 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.667 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.056 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.563 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.079 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.056 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.373 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.783 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.974 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.631 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 170 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.862 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.786 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.562 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 182 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.944 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.784 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.048 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.643 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.931 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.735 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 192 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.647 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.874 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.722 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 214 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.666 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.866 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.925 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 71 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.137 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 128 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.056 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 128 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 2.921 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 195 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.826 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 72 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.175 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 158 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.986 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.981 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 185 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.580 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 167 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.737 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 64 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.926 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 195 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.945 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.588 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 167 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.851 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.879 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 228 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.932 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.154 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.882 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.218 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 71 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.539 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.275 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 170 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.325 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 172 km deep · 30 km away
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