M2.0 earthquake 43 km E of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 43 km E of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 10:18 AM HADT (19:18 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 29 km ENE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-31 19:18:37 UTC
- Depth
- 13.4 km (8.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.139° N, 173.565° 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
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.966 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.529 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 760 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.760 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 760 days ago · 146 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.330 km W of Atka, Alaska · 760 days ago · 200 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.533 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 760 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.542 km E of Atka, Alaska · 760 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.951 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 759 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.760 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 756 days ago · 64 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.0139 km E of Atka, Alaska · 756 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.046 km W of Atka, Alaska · 755 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.351 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 755 days ago · 65 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.048 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 755 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.245 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 755 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.173 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 754 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.2109 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 754 days ago · 193 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.084 km S of Atka, Alaska · 754 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.828 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 754 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 752 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.933 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 752 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.354 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 751 days ago · 159 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.937 km S of Atka, Alaska · 750 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.934 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 749 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.059 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 748 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.229 km N of Atka, Alaska · 747 days ago · 158 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.270 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.040 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 745 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.529 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 745 days ago · 89 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 2.940 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 745 days ago · 77 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.931 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 745 days ago · 80 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.3129 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 745 days ago · 150 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.124 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 744 days ago · 105 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 742 days ago · 59 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.829 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 742 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.841 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 742 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.817 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 740 days ago · 176 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.753 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 740 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.048 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 738 days ago · 60 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.614 km N of Atka, Alaska · 738 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.044 km W of Atka, Alaska · 738 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.133 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 737 days ago · 117 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 737 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.718 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 736 days ago · 156 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.285 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 736 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.854 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 736 days ago · 166 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.034 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 736 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.051 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 734 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.140 km S of Atka, Alaska · 734 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.134 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 732 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.249 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 732 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.068 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 732 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.837 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 732 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.143 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 731 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.960 km S of Atka, Alaska · 730 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.174 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 729 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.390 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 729 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.153 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 729 days ago · 98 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.118 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 726 days ago · 99 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.945 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 726 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.822 km N of Atka, Alaska · 726 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of 139.
Before
- 1.540 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 762 days ago · 48 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.723 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 762 days ago · 129 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.170 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 762 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.498 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 762 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.457 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 763 days ago · 219 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.746 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 764 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 766 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.246 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 766 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.235 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 767 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.1120 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 767 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 767 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.058 km E of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 85 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.944 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 135 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.148 km N of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 137 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.041 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 769 days ago · 146 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.366 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 769 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.733 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 770 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.929 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 770 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.138 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 771 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
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