M1.6 earthquake 65 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 65 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 6:23 AM HADT (15:23 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 29 km ENE 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-31 15:23:32 UTC
- Depth
- 73.5 km (45.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.843° N, 174.958° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 124 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.565 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.540 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 762 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.956 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 125 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.529 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.165 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 156 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.330 km W of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 200 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.558 km E of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.533 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.672 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 68 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.542 km E of Atka, Alaska · 760 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.951 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 760 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.677 km E of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.455 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.785 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 759 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.941 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 759 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.169 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 759 days ago · 113 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.046 km W of Atka, Alaska · 756 days ago · 96 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.351 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 756 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.669 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 756 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.048 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 756 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.245 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 756 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.828 km E of Adak, Alaska · 755 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.767 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 755 days ago · 66 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.048 km E of Adak, Alaska · 755 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.173 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 755 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.084 km S of Atka, Alaska · 755 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.828 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 755 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.864 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 753 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.957 km E of Adak, Alaska · 753 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.933 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 753 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.792 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 752 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.865 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 752 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.791 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 752 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.691 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 752 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.354 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 751 days ago · 159 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 751 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.937 km S of Atka, Alaska · 751 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.934 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 750 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 750 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.732 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 750 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.869 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 750 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.652 km E of Adak, Alaska · 750 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.890 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 749 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.059 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 749 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.229 km N of Atka, Alaska · 748 days ago · 158 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.673 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 747 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 747 days ago · 50 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.7101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.040 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.529 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.940 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 77 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.931 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.854 km E of Adak, Alaska · 746 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.124 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 745 days ago · 105 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 744 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.970 km E of Adak, Alaska · 744 days ago · 65 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.767 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 744 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.7106 km S of Atka, Alaska · 744 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.676 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 191 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 743 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 3.073 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 215 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.960 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 763 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.872 km E of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.723 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 763 days ago · 129 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.170 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 763 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 763 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.5118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 763 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.859 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 763 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 764 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.457 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 764 days ago · 219 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.582 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 764 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.746 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 765 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 767 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.246 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 767 days ago · 52 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.235 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.179 km E of Adak, Alaska · 768 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.348 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 768 days ago · 178 km deep · 90 km away
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