Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 62 km SSE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 62 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Feb 2, 2022, 3:54 PM HAST (01:54 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 26 km ENE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-02-03 01:54:24 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.701° N, 173.776° 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
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.148 · 6 stations
2.3ML, 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 2.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
288°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
22

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.2102 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.838 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 51 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.762 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.551 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.647 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.651 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.935 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 2.157 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 121 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.155 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 2.5146 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.581 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.587 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.157 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 1.622 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.157 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.1130 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.1127 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.955 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 58 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 3.8161 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 2.324 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 85 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 2.335 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 148 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 4.226 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 173 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 3.067 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 1.9114 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.852 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 137 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 3.110 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 170 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 1.748 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 2.865 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 1.669 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 1.851 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 2.7144 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 2.069 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 2.217 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 2.934 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.826 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 1.769 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  39. 2.181 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 2.280 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 3.159 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 146 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 2.758 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 51 km deep · 11 km away
  43. 2.014 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.998 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 3.014 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 2.187 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 2.5109 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1670 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 1.752 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1670 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 1.893 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1670 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 2.149 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1670 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 1.731 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1670 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 2.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
  54. 1.616 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  55. 2.068 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 2.1120 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 3.2103 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 1.879 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  59. 2.0105 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 2.07 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 170 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 115.

Before

  1. 2.272 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.923 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 81 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 3.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.962 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 1.753 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 3.184 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 3.935 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.027 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 91 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.3139 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.066 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.956 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 3.160 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.2129 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 3.5112 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 1.947 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 3.417 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 178 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 3.518 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 146 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.963 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away

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