M3.4 earthquake 91 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 91 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 11:32 AM HAST (21:32 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 119 km SSW 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
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-17 21:32:56 UTC
- Depth
- 29.2 km (18.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.640° N, 175.182° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.5 km horizontally, 12.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 199°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 31
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1105 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.849 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.867 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.182 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.539 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.539 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.432 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.288 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.492 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.056 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.662 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.493 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.146 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 135 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.469 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.897 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.744 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.042 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.341 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.225 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 226 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.172 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.757 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.079 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.138 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.351 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.832 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.423 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1120 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.058 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.862 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.584 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 233 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.881 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 92 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.381 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 53 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.462 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.560 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.190 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.036 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.570 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.743 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.540 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.049 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.540 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.958 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6131 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.074 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.674 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 47 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of 179.
Before
- 1.989 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.787 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 2.954 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.369 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.691 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 210 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.887 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.759 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0114 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.562 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 224 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.888 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.387 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.715 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.033 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.669 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.944 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.169 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 143 km deep · 58 km away
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