M3.0 earthquake 226 km SSE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 226 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, May 18, 2020, 8:50 PM HADT (05:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-19 05:50:43 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.304° N, 173.001° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 319°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9132 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9170 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9178 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8187 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0138 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9170 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8154 km S of Atka, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6200 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.3165 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1188 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a0sw (also filed as ak0206fmikfk). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:12 AM UTC.