M2.7 earthquake 188 km SE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 188 km SE of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 2:34 AM HAST (12:34 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 189 km SSE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-11-17 12:34:44 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.887° N, 172.478° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 239°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9173 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1413 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6205 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1406 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.2198 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.3121 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.9189 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5134 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.593 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8185 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j74f (also filed as ak022er2uzu9). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC.