M3.1 earthquake 50 km ESE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 50 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Sep 24, 2023, 10:20 PM HADT (07:20 UTC), 14 km (9 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), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-09-25 07:20:53 UTC
- Depth
- 13.9 km (8.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.039° N, 173.511° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 195°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.244 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.048 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.944 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 202 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.037 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 150 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.831 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.652 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.3109 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 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 · 40 km away
- 1.845 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.732 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.939 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.979 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.574 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.131 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.742 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.3100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.829 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.526 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.957 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.949 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 206 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.932 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.138 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.966 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.647 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.048 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 177 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.245 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.949 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.579 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.519 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 203 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.850 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.178 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 232 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.854 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.941 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.636 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 66 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.143 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.960 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 55 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.536 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.549 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.637 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.634 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.938 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.623 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 172 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.951 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 78 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.330 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 91 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.856 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 136 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.259 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1081 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.236 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 201 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.216 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1079 days ago · 83 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.039 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 185 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.952 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.126 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1076 days ago · 119 km deep · 55 km away
The first 60 of 104.
Before
- 2.799 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.043 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.159 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.244 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 219 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.171 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.933 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.225 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.573 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.610 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.148 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.055 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 184 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.176 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 73 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 85 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.631 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 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 · 18 km away
- 2.134 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
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