M2.0 earthquake 7 km W of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 7 km W of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 8:02 PM HAST (06:02 UTC), 170 km (106 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 62 km NNW 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-13 06:02:09 UTC
- Depth
- 170.2 km (105.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.184° N, 174.301° 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: 142 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.851 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1666 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.775 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1665 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.195 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1665 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.961 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1665 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.324 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1665 days ago · 172 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.284 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1665 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.440 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 178 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.665 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 187 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.752 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.472 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.655 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.270 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 149 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.058 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 130 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.333 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 130 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.042 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.986 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.969 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 219 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.447 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1659 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.627 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1659 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.757 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1658 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.722 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1658 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.937 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1658 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.072 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1657 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.073 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1657 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.257 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1656 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.294 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1656 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.963 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1656 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.860 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 46 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.953 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.972 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.280 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.186 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.080 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.193 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.417 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 168 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.578 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 222 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.592 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.629 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1653 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.840 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1653 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.975 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.320 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 197 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.615 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1650 days ago · 178 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.287 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1650 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.880 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1650 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.72 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1650 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.834 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 186 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.977 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 257 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.882 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.781 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.973 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.722 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 70 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.741 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 72 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.632 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.927 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 64 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.646 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.760 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.825 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 57 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.628 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 59 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1645 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.694 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1645 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 142.
Before
- 1.879 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1666 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.2103 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1666 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.880 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.082 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.783 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.068 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.731 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.149 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.893 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.752 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.187 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1670 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.014 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1670 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.998 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.014 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 83 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.997 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.758 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.159 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 146 km deep · 66 km away
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