Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 66 km ENE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 66 km ENE of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Dec 2, 2024, 7:17 AM HAST (17:17 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 142 km E of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-12-02 17:17:26 UTC
Depth
8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.345° N, 173.263° 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: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.880 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 671 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 1.714 km S of Atka, Alaska · 669 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 3.428 km S of Atka, Alaska · 669 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.441 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 668 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.044 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 668 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 3.251 km S of Atka, Alaska · 668 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.3142 km E of Atka, Alaska · 667 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 3.046 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 667 days ago · 147 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 3.278 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 664 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.028 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 664 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 3.622 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 661 days ago · 196 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.039 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 660 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.027 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 658 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.324 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 657 days ago · 149 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 3.084 km E of Atka, Alaska · 654 days ago · 159 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.064 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 654 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.024 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 654 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 3.2139 km E of Atka, Alaska · 654 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.074 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 653 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 3.247 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 650 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 2.436 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 650 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 3.046 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 650 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.847 km S of Atka, Alaska · 647 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 3.329 km S of Atka, Alaska · 647 days ago · 110 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 2.129 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 645 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 2.130 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 645 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 2.230 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 643 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 2.029 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 642 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 2.830 km W of Atka, Alaska · 642 days ago · 195 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.370 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 642 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 3.379 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 640 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 3.875 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 640 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 3.976 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 640 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 2.939 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 639 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 2.352 km S of Atka, Alaska · 638 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 3.289 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 637 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 3.155 km N of Atka, Alaska · 636 days ago · 183 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 2.224 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 635 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 3.034 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 632 days ago · 79 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 2.629 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 632 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 1.617 km S of Atka, Alaska · 632 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 2.456 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 631 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 3.050 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 631 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  44. 2.468 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 630 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 1.934 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 630 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 2.041 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 630 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 4.038 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 630 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.034 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 629 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  49. 2.034 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 629 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 2.038 km E of Atka, Alaska · 628 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 2.367 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 2.048 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  53. 2.540 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 153 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 2.789 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 625 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 2.887 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 625 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 2.974 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 625 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 2.977 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 625 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 2.999 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 625 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 2.475 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 624 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.724 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 624 days ago · 179 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 3.579 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 673 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 3.148 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 674 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.915 km S of Atka, Alaska · 675 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 4.257 km N of Atka, Alaska · 676 days ago · 198 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.1108 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 676 days ago · 128 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 3.022 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 684 days ago · 154 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 3.066 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 684 days ago · 148 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.946 km E of Atka, Alaska · 685 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 3.334 km N of Atka, Alaska · 685 days ago · 204 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.244 km E of Atka, Alaska · 685 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 1.836 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 686 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.834 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 686 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.934 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 687 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.735 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 687 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 2.748 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 687 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.935 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 687 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 3.9107 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 688 days ago · 287 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 2.035 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 688 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 1.835 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 689 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.037 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 689 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024fhmc0xp. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:40 AM UTC.