M1.7 earthquake 53 km WSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 53 km WSW of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 8:15 AM HADT (17:15 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 42 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-04-28 17:15:26 UTC
- Depth
- 81.0 km (50.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.935° N, 174.865° 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: 191 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.264 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.935 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 160 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.137 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.757 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 237 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.130 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 169 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.050 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 156 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.383 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.849 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 160 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.667 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.935 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.024 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 133 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.699 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.371 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 237 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.926 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 232 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.592 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.715 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 175 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.275 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 157 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.550 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.057 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 167 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.155 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.764 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.665 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.842 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.833 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.751 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.088 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.759 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.246 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 177 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.583 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 152 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.854 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.555 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.026 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 180 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.943 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.950 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 151 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 139 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.596 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.576 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.648 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 136 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 139 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 155 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.388 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.983 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 57 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.857 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.574 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.728 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.789 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.865 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.326 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 198 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.564 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.123 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 208 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.560 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.757 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of 191.
Before
- 3.723 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 102 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.673 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0114 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.562 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 193 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.940 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 56 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.378 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 155 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.712 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.636 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.339 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 139 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.944 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.775 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 56 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.879 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.264 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 165 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.791 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.177 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.156 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.477 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 200 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.371 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
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