Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 125 km ESE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 125 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Sep 7, 2022, 8:03 PM HADT (05:03 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 87 km SSE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-09-08 05:03:53 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.718° N, 172.551° 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
3.0ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations
2.4ML, 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 5.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
216°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
13

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.832 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 3.3169 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.7144 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.488 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 150 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.155 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 3.781 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 3.653 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.087 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 3.068 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 3.269 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 3.4185 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 3.186 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.736 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.856 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.126 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 129 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 3.248 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.762 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 101 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.850 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.963 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 2.072 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 2.166 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 2.134 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 2.6131 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 2.692 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 1.942 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.847 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 3.234 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 187 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 2.376 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 1.940 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 2.046 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 3.086 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 2.7133 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 62 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.862 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.2102 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 3.590 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.4145 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 3.6167 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.9140 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 3.240 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 3.332 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 148 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.960 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.673 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 3.330 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 132 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.2200 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.0100 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.946 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.184 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 3.0142 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 1.858 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.531 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.9101 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away

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