Alaska earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 89 km SE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 89 km SE of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Jul 6, 2022, 12:33 AM HADT (09:33 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 83 km SSE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-07-06 09:33:13 UTC
Depth
51.9 km (32.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.539° N, 173.443° 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
3.4mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.163 · 9 stations
2.9ML, 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 4.8 km horizontally, 14.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
216°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
35

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.947 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1549 days ago · 113 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.6147 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1548 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.8124 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1548 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 1.9106 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1547 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 3.0108 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1546 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 1.8103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1546 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 1.982 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1546 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 1.578 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1546 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 1.7128 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1546 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 1.7120 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1546 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 3.283 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1546 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 1.586 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1546 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 2.787 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1546 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1545 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.983 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1544 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.853 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1544 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.217 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1543 days ago · 168 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1542 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.8121 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1542 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.5112 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1542 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 2.0148 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1542 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.214 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1541 days ago · 194 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 2.796 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1541 days ago · 133 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 2.4141 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1540 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 1.964 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1539 days ago · 72 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 3.298 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1539 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 3.029 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1539 days ago · 170 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 2.174 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 90 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 3.077 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 1.729 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 1.9110 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 1.985 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  33. 1.9158 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 1.776 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 2.2111 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 2.995 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 1.785 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.546 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1533 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 1.673 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1532 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.987 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1531 days ago · 58 km deep · 36 km away
  41. 2.884 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1531 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 3.061 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1531 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 3.0108 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 2.74 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 187 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 2.496 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 47 km deep · 12 km away
  46. 3.287 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 2.293 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 1.9162 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 1.568 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 2.0113 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 1.767 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 2.168 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 2.598 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 3.777 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 48 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 2.185 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 4.283 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 2.081 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 2.288 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
  59. 2.2108 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  60. 2.989 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 35 km deep · 1 km away

The first 60 of 147.

Before

  1. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1549 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.97 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1549 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.113 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1549 days ago · 147 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.916 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1550 days ago · 151 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.762 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1550 days ago · 142 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.3149 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1550 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.8113 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1551 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.964 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1551 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.073 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1551 days ago · 41 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.670 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1552 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 1.853 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1552 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.710 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1553 days ago · 127 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.5157 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1553 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.751 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1554 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.960 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1554 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1555 days ago · 189 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.7104 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1555 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.741 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1555 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.940 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1556 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.991 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1556 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away

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