Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 20 km SW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 20 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Jan 7, 2018, 4:28 AM HAST (14:28 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 70 km NE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Sun, Jan 7, 2018, 4:28 AM HAST
UTC: 2018-01-07 14:28:54 UTC
Depth: 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 52.086° N, 174.449° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
1.5	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
1.19	ML, local (Richter)	AV	Final · ±0.266 · 3 stations

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: 14

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 94.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018bt9m5m (also filed as ak18034098, av70772224). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:51 PM UTC.