Alaska earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 10 km WSW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 10 km WSW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, May 29, 2019, 7:54 PM HADT (04:54 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 92 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-05-30 04:54:38 UTC
Depth
70.9 km (44.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.163° N, 174.344° 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
3.7mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.139 · 13 stations
3.3ML, 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 11.2 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
186°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
33

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.160 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 184 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.561 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 165 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 3.280 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.687 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.082 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.475 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.972 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 171 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 3.952 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 196 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 3.176 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.633 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 195 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 3.075 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.982 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2670 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2668 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.6102 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2665 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 3.677 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.775 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.667 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2663 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.888 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2663 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.148 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2662 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.691 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2662 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 2.556 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2661 days ago · 158 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 2.155 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2660 days ago · 193 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.370 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2660 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 3.114 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 174 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 2.276 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 191 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 3.586 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2655 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 1.632 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2654 days ago · 172 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 1.936 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2654 days ago · 193 km deep · 29 km away
  29. 2.083 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2654 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 3.619 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2653 days ago · 151 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 1.848 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2653 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.477 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2652 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.193 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2652 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 2.578 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 2.624 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 178 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 1.948 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 3.316 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 70 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 2.267 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 180 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 2.5106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2646 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 1.729 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2646 days ago · 54 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 1.669 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2645 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 1.590 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2645 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 3.689 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2645 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 3.161 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2645 days ago · 208 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 1.677 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2644 days ago · 117 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 2.510 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2644 days ago · 237 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 2.549 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2644 days ago · 198 km deep · 54 km away
  48. 1.591 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2644 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 2.763 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2642 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 1.831 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2641 days ago · 123 km deep · 39 km away
  51. 1.667 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2640 days ago · 84 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 1.883 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2640 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 3.422 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2640 days ago · 162 km deep · 26 km away
  54. 2.167 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2640 days ago · 211 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 1.747 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2639 days ago · 64 km deep · 38 km away
  56. 2.470 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2637 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 1.842 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2637 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
  58. 2.147 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2636 days ago · 162 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 1.644 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2636 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 2.656 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2636 days ago · 177 km deep · 59 km away

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 2.077 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.370 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 3.382 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.894 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.979 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.811 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 3.899 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.086 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.884 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 3.349 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 167 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.8100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 3.894 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 4.1101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 3.413 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 196 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.194 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.277 km E of Adak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.375 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.529 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 73 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.440 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 131 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 1.846 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away

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