M3.1 earthquake 48 km SE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 48 km SE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Sep 18, 2023, 11:02 AM HADT (20:02 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-09-18 20:02:02 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.955° N, 173.616° 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 stations |
| 2.5 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
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 5.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 300°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 116 in the 60 days after this one and 104 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.610 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.573 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.225 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.933 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.171 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.244 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 219 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.159 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.043 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.799 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.150 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.244 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.048 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.944 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 202 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0109 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.037 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 150 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.831 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.652 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.3109 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.0127 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.739 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.589 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 73 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.845 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.732 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.939 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.979 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.574 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.131 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.742 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.3100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.829 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.660 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.526 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 74 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.957 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.949 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 206 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.932 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.138 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.966 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.647 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.048 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 177 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.245 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.949 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.579 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.519 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 203 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.578 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.850 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.178 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 232 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.854 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.941 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.636 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 66 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.143 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.960 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 55 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.536 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.549 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
The first 60 of 116.
Before
- 3.055 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 184 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.176 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 73 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 85 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.631 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.835 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.245 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.134 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 203 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.338 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.435 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.731 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.378 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.449 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.055 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.245 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 180 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.749 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.243 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.140 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.933 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
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