Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 25 km SSW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 25 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Mar 8, 2024, 8:43 AM HAST (18:43 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 94 km SW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-03-08 18:43:17 UTC
Depth
51.9 km (32.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.975° N, 174.302° 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.

Stations used
14

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.7109 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 936 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.276 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 936 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.188 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 936 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.184 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 936 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.074 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 936 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.169 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 934 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.694 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 933 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.893 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 933 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.296 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 933 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.321 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 932 days ago · 78 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.974 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 932 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.789 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 932 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.966 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 930 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.079 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 930 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 3.287 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 930 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 3.128 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 929 days ago · 86 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 2.279 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 929 days ago · 104 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 3.270 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 928 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.883 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 927 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.058 km S of Atka, Alaska · 925 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 3.0106 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 925 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 2.830 km S of Atka, Alaska · 925 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  23. 2.173 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 923 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 3.255 km E of Atka, Alaska · 923 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 1.823 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 922 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 2.4114 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 922 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 2.244 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 922 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 1.824 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 922 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 2.249 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 922 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 1.816 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 921 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 2.7102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 921 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 3.4103 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 921 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 2.072 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 920 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 2.060 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 920 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 2.652 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 919 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 1.617 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 919 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 1.832 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 919 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 2.856 km S of Atka, Alaska · 919 days ago · 168 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 1.912 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 918 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  40. 2.651 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 2.1103 km S of Atka, Alaska · 918 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 1.735 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 918 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 1.838 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 918 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  44. 2.193 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 918 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 1.820 km N of Atka, Alaska · 918 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 2.174 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 917 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 3.413 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 916 days ago · 184 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 2.770 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 916 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 2.178 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 915 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 3.045 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 915 days ago · 189 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.818 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 915 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 2.227 km N of Atka, Alaska · 915 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 3.231 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 915 days ago · 104 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 3.239 km E of Atka, Alaska · 914 days ago · 120 km deep · 50 km away
  55. 2.165 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 914 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 2.037 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 913 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 1.973 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 912 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 1.968 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 912 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 2.316 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 911 days ago · 58 km deep · 15 km away
  60. 3.0106 km S of Atka, Alaska · 910 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 117.

Before

  1. 2.889 km E of Adak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.996 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 938 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.919 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 938 days ago · 186 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 2.123 km S of Atka, Alaska · 938 days ago · 68 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 1.613 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 939 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.579 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 939 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 3.043 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 940 days ago · 48 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.053 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 941 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.781 km S of Atka, Alaska · 941 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 3.914 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 941 days ago · 78 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.852 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 942 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.031 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 942 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 2.130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 943 days ago · 77 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 3.168 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 943 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.369 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 944 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.727 km E of Atka, Alaska · 946 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 3.0102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 946 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 1.722 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 947 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 2.7103 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 947 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 3.268 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 947 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02434rinm8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC.