M3.9 earthquake 63 km NW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 63 km NW of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Nov 17, 2023, 9:30 PM HAST (07:30 UTC), 221 km (138 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 84 km WSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-11-18 07:30:56 UTC
- Depth
- 221.4 km (137.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.601° N, 174.863° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 117°
- Stations used
- 84
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.053 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.240 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1045 days ago · 175 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.783 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.927 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.950 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.46 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 137 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.529 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.767 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 132 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.931 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.818 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.950 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.174 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.337 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.0106 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 212 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.268 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 82 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.230 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.870 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.657 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1027 days ago · 147 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.682 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 106 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.146 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 206 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.932 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.042 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.934 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.136 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1023 days ago · 177 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.384 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1023 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.377 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1023 days ago · 136 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.065 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.971 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.855 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 193 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.574 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 117 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.157 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.137 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.566 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1015 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.121 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 134 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.235 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 179 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.182 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 95 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.929 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.823 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.639 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 223 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.987 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 216 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.467 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 149 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.035 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1004 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.133 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1004 days ago · 122 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.021 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 999 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.250 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 997 days ago · 177 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.084 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 995 days ago · 200 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 1.935 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.252 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 161 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.964 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 105 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.972 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 104 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.830 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1052 days ago · 188 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.49 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1052 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.743 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1053 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.236 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1053 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 94 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.953 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1060 days ago · 129 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.737 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.731 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.822 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.087 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.867 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1068 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.054 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1069 days ago · 119 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.879 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1069 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.042 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1069 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
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