Alaska earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 72 km SSE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 72 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Jul 3, 2018, 9:17 AM HADT (18:17 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 97 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Jul 3, 2018, 9:17 AM HADT
UTC: 2018-07-03 18:17:16 UTC
Depth: 40.1 km (24.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.638° N, 173.648° 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
4.2	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.042 · 160 stations
4.2	mb, body-wave	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.0 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 137°
Stations used: 243

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fw4x (also filed as ak0188glpc6w, ak19836499). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:46 PM UTC.