M2.3 earthquake 161 km S of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 161 km S of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Jul 22, 2023, 5:47 PM HADT (02:47 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 79 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-07-23 02:47:28 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.746° N, 174.368° 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.
- Stations used
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1176 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.3180 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1163 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7188 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.663 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.2140 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.9137 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6150 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5156 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.0124 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.6106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2154 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.5110 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.995 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5136 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3178 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0171 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8133 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1192 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9146 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.9202 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.8169 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.279 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.587 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.084 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1127 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.683 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.683 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.8169 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.3199 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.6196 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1156 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.2170 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.3188 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.9198 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.9109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 3.2196 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.4207 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1169 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.4100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1170 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.4192 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1171 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.9184 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1171 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0100 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1172 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.883 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.8197 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1148 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1174 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1174 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1155 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1176 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2142 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1179 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1123 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1179 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.7190 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1184 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0127 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1184 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.9118 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1184 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3199 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1187 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.7113 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1189 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.6121 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1189 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1190 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0239df3ssb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:47 AM UTC.