M3.0 earthquake 159 km SSE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 159 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 11:12 PM HAST (09:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 94 km SE 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
- 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-11-29 09:12:32 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.910° N, 173.194° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations |
| 2.7 | 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 6.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 230°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.182 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.8165 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.087 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1029 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.5100 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7178 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.2195 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.7182 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5101 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.9139 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.094 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 998 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 3.259 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9169 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.374 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1053 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.1155 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1053 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.978 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.678 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.7164 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lisn (also filed as ak023fave45y). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:05 PM UTC.