Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 65 km E of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 65 km E of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Jan 3, 2019, 8:19 PM HAST (06:19 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 73 km SE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-01-04 06:19:47 UTC
Depth
99.8 km (62.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.286° N, 173.251° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.6mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.203 · 6 stations
3.4ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 9.8 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
185°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
44

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.620 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.331 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.672 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.886 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.231 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 60 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.66 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 143 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 3.7148 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 107 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.125 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.845 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 161 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 4.137 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 3.164 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.050 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 4.573 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 4.0104 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 3.579 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 183 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 3.478 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 4.151 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 201 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 3.5125 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.928 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 81 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.839 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.5112 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.6107 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.392 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.512 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 164 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.122 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.049 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 3.393 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.531 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.260 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.179 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.642 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 131 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.415 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 135 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 1.518 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 3.1108 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 146 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 1.951 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.848 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 1.528 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away

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