M2.0 earthquake 79 km ESE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 79 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Aug 17, 2023, 3:37 PM HADT (00:37 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 79 km SSE 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
- 2023-08-18 00:37:00 UTC
- Depth
- 31.6 km (19.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.890° N, 173.152° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.066 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.344 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.8100 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.946 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.034 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.739 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.848 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.643 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.546 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.640 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.937 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.934 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.730 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.138 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.741 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.744 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.938 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.631 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.731 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.632 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.342 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.841 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.443 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.937 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.139 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.832 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.939 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.732 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.820 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.252 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.045 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.943 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.650 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.933 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.279 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.830 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.039 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.153 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.746 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.842 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.346 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.042 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.641 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.746 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.849 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.655 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.67 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.339 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.032 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.647 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.160 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.251 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.084 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.443 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.150 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.627 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 160.
Before
- 1.946 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5136 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6114 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.815 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 157 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3162 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.243 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.267 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.061 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.137 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.019 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 137 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.048 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 180 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.896 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 149 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.735 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.841 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.831 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.137 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.844 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.595 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.368 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1152 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.049 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
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