M2.3 earthquake 78 km ESE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 78 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 8:13 PM HADT (05:13 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 129 km E 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
- 2023-09-15 05:13:21 UTC
- Depth
- 37.9 km (23.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.910° N, 173.158° 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
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.731 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.435 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.338 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.134 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.245 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.835 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.631 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.176 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 73 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.055 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 184 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.148 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.610 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.573 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.225 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.933 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.171 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1107 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.159 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1107 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.043 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1107 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.150 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.244 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.048 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.831 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.652 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.3109 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.0127 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.739 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.589 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 73 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.845 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.732 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.939 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.979 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.574 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.131 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.3100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.829 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.526 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.932 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.138 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.245 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.949 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.579 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.519 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 203 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.850 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.178 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 232 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.941 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.636 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.143 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.960 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 55 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.536 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.549 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.637 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.634 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
The first 60 of 102.
Before
- 3.449 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.055 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.749 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.243 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.140 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.933 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.034 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.652 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1155 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.836 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.217 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 177 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.650 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.883 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1122 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.764 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.7142 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.634 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.538 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.743 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.761 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1125 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
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