Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 43 km N of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 43 km N of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 1:40 PM HAST (23:40 UTC), 174 km (108 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 108 km NE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-11-22 23:40:10 UTC
Depth
174.4 km (108.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.584° N, 174.275° 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
2.9ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
2.9ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 15.6 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
156°
Stations used
30

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.943 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.734 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.348 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 128 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.226 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.638 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.431 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.4123 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 162 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.338 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 3.251 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.252 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.790 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.570 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.531 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.818 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 211 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.261 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.585 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 238 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.068 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.997 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 219 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.273 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 135 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.724 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 2.597 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 105 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 2.456 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 2.973 km W of Atka, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 249 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 2.167 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 91 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 2.558 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 2.047 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 1.847 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 1.620 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 1.946 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 2.738 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 2.234 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 2.033 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 1.715 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 4.3108 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 230 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 2.691 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 210 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 2.432 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 2.152 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 1.537 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 2.889 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 136 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.862 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.372 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.716 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 195 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 1.66 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 1.855 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.575 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 169 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.833 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 2.865 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 200 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 1.919 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.753 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.617 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.997 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 216 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.628 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 4.893 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 128 km deep · 91 km away · tsunami flag
  17. 3.929 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 2.050 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 137 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 2.228 km N of Atka, AK · 2528 days ago · 127 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.637 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 167 km deep · 8 km away

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