Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 94 km E of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 94 km E of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 9:34 PM HAST (07:34 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 87 km SSE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2020-02-14 07:34:15 UTC
Depth
112.2 km (69.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.082° N, 172.836° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 26.2 km horizontally, 33.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
203°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
19

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.422 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 170 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.7103 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 117 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.031 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.369 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 100 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 3.571 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 2.842 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.496 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 3.5185 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 3.4110 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 223 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.8183 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.677 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 3.367 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 195 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 1.718 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.811 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.976 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.936 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.633 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.122 km N of Atka, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 162 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.8130 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 3.766 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 3.824 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 191 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 2.832 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 189 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 2.973 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 3.987 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 3.181 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 106 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 2.338 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.335 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.031 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.9171 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.886 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.036 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.389 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 2.284 km SE of Atka, AK · 2437 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 3.5187 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 3.744 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 179 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.152 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.432 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 3.6130 km E of Atka, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600084zk (also filed as ak02022jjyvz). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:50 AM UTC.