M3.7 earthquake 33 km ESE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 33 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Aug 26, 1997, 6:18 AM HADT (15:18 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1997-08-26 15:18:55 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.130° N, 173.729° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.254 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 10612 days ago · 180 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.356 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 10601 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.983 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 10601 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.477 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 10601 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 10600 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.991 km S of Atka, Alaska · 10589 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.355 km E of Atka, Alaska · 10578 days ago · 64 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.495 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 10570 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00086ra. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:43 AM UTC.