Alaska earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 102 km NE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 102 km NE of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 2:04 PM HAST (00:04 UTC), 216 km (134 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 50 km NNW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-12-13 00:04:29 UTC
Depth
215.7 km (134.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.768° N, 173.015° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.5ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.085 · 18 stations
3.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 21.5 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
169°
Stations used
17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.338 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1022 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.863 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.137 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 3.121 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 134 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 3.235 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 179 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 3.365 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 183 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.879 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 3.8148 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 246 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 3.639 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 223 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.035 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 3.133 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 122 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.152 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1004 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 3.3139 km E of Atka, Alaska · 998 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 4.250 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 997 days ago · 177 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 3.054 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 993 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 3.178 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 987 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 3.355 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 976 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.431 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 976 days ago · 150 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.9103 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 976 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.136 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 975 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 3.146 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 975 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 3.778 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 971 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 1.515 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 970 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 2.435 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 966 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 1.612 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 964 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 1.730 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 964 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 1.934 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.932 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 3.570 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 159 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.230 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 80 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.337 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 3.264 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 116 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.277 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.931 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 3.249 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 3.529 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 97 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 3.991 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 204 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.746 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.927 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.935 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 3.252 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 161 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.347 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 2.862 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.830 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1052 days ago · 188 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 4.49 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1052 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m01k (also filed as ak023fxvie0z). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:43 AM UTC.