Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 30 km N of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 30 km N of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Nov 13, 2023, 6:27 PM HAST (04:27 UTC), 188 km (117 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-11-14 04:27:42 UTC
Depth
187.9 km (116.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.464° N, 174.287° 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
2.8ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.148 · 6 stations
2.7ML, 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 23.2 km horizontally, 12.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
227°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
19

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.862 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1053 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.245 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1052 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.347 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1052 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.972 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1052 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.964 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1052 days ago · 105 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 3.259 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 3.252 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 161 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 1.935 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 3.963 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 221 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.053 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 3.240 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 175 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 2.744 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 140 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.783 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1045 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.927 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.746 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 3.991 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1042 days ago · 204 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.950 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.46 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 137 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 3.529 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 3.249 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 2.767 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 132 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 1.931 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 1.818 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 1.950 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 2.277 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 3.264 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 116 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 2.337 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 3.268 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 2.230 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 3.570 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 159 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 1.870 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 2.947 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 2.682 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 3.146 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1027 days ago · 206 km deep · 20 km away
  37. 1.932 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 2.042 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 1.934 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 4.136 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 177 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 4.384 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 3.5102 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 216 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 2.377 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 136 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 2.338 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 2.065 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1023 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 1.971 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 3.863 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1020 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 3.855 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1020 days ago · 193 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 2.574 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 117 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 2.157 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 2.137 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  52. 2.566 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 3.121 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 134 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 3.235 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 179 km deep · 47 km away
  55. 2.182 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 1.929 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 1.823 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
  58. 3.147 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 3.365 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 183 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 2.879 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 4.49 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 80 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.743 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 3.236 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.264 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1060 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.958 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.456 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.737 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.731 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 79 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.822 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 1.872 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.087 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.059 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.867 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1068 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.752 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1069 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.940 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1070 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 4.156 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1070 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1071 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.054 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1071 days ago · 119 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 3.663 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1071 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.879 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1071 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away

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