M3.5 earthquake 29 km ESE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 29 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Nov 27, 2023, 5:15 AM HAST (15:15 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 50 km NNW 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
- 3.5 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-11-27 15:15:59 UTC
- Depth
- 96.7 km (60.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.084° N, 173.810° 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 28.2 km horizontally, 25.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 294°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.249 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.767 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 132 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.931 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.818 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.950 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.277 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.182 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.264 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 116 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.337 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.268 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 82 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.230 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 80 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.570 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 159 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.087 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1029 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.870 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.947 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.146 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 206 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.932 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.042 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.934 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.136 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1023 days ago · 177 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.5102 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1023 days ago · 216 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.338 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1022 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.065 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.887 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.971 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.863 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 77 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.855 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 193 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.157 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.137 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.566 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1015 days ago · 81 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.5100 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.121 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 134 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.235 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 179 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.929 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.823 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.147 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.5101 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.365 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 183 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.884 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.879 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.639 km N of Atka, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 223 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.144 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1006 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.875 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.035 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1004 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.133 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1004 days ago · 122 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.152 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.021 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1000 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.250 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 997 days ago · 177 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.094 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 997 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.054 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 993 days ago · 87 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.316 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 987 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.178 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 986 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.023 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 980 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
Before
- 2.46 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 137 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.950 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.991 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 204 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.746 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.927 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.744 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1045 days ago · 140 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.240 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1045 days ago · 175 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.053 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.963 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 221 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.935 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.252 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 161 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.259 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.964 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 105 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.972 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.347 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.245 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 69 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.862 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.374 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1052 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
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