M2.4 earthquake 129 km NNE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 129 km NNE of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Sep 26, 2018, 3:49 AM HADT (12:49 UTC), 134 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 53 km N 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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-26 12:49:57 UTC
- Depth
- 134.3 km (83.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 53.276° N, 173.476° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.441 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 176 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.277 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 252 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.0125 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 226 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.986 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 240 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.564 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 114 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.344 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 164 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.753 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 167 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.753 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 194 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018cd306mf (also filed as ak20270553). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:11 PM UTC.