Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 83km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Sunday, 15 September 2013
Very strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - Bering Sea, 49 mi southwest of Atka, Aleutians West County, Alaska, USA, on Sunday, September 15, 2013 04:21:36
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.0 quake Bering Sea, 26 mi south of Ikiginak Island, Aleutians West County, Alaska, USA, Friday, August 30, 2013 04:25:02, which had occurred 2 weeks earlier.
Quake Data | Interactive map | User Reports | Earlier quakes in same area | Quakes in the US| Alaska | Alaska
Very strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake at 22 km depth
15 Sep 16:28 UTC: First to report: USGS after 6 minutes.
Date & time: 15 Sep 2013 16:21:36 UTC
Local time at epicenter: Sunday, September 15, 2013 04:21:36
Magnitude: 6.1
Depth: 22.3 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 51.5462°N / 174.6779°W
(Bering Sea, Alaska, United States)Nearest volcano: Sergief (67 km / 42 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
79 km (49 mi) SSW of Atka (pop: 64) --> See nearby quakes!
140 km (87 mi) ESE of Adak (pop: 332) --> See nearby quakes!
425 km (264 mi) WSW of Nikolski (pop: 18) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 8.9 x 1013 joules (24.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21301 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 6.2 | 30 km | ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS. | EMSC |
| M 6.1 | 22 km | 79km SSW of Atka, Alaska | USGS |
| M 6.0 | 33 km | Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands | GFZ |
| M 6.1 | 22 km | SSW of Atka, Alaska | GeoAu |
(shakemap: USGS)
User reports for this quake (1)
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
