Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 40 km WSW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 40 km WSW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Dec 21, 2024, 5:22 AM HAST (15:22 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-12-21 15:22:13 UTC
Depth
25.2 km (15.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.039° N, 174.730° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
29

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.990 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 649 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.365 km S of Atka, Alaska · 647 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 3.247 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 646 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 3.377 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 646 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.436 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 646 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 3.046 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 646 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.251 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 644 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 2.847 km S of Atka, Alaska · 643 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.946 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 643 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 3.329 km S of Atka, Alaska · 643 days ago · 110 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 2.368 km S of Atka, Alaska · 642 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.129 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 642 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 4.0101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.3104 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.130 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 641 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 3.382 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.981 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.230 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 639 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.655 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 178 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.788 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 2.029 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 638 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 2.830 km W of Atka, Alaska · 638 days ago · 195 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 2.370 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 638 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 1.971 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 3.875 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 636 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 3.976 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 636 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.060 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 635 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.086 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 635 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 2.939 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 635 days ago · 76 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 2.352 km S of Atka, Alaska · 634 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.987 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.179 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 634 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 3.155 km N of Atka, Alaska · 632 days ago · 183 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 2.224 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 631 days ago · 86 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 1.963 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 631 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away
  36. 2.866 km E of Adak, Alaska · 631 days ago · 159 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 2.170 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 630 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 2.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 630 days ago · 57 km deep · 33 km away
  39. 2.344 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 629 days ago · 61 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 3.034 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 629 days ago · 79 km deep · 15 km away
  41. 2.629 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 628 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 1.876 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 628 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 1.617 km S of Atka, Alaska · 628 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  44. 2.166 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 627 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  45. 2.456 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 627 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 3.050 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 627 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 2.682 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 627 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 2.468 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 627 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.162 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 627 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 2.261 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  51. 1.934 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 2.041 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  53. 4.038 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.034 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 2.034 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 625 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 2.241 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 625 days ago · 103 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 2.078 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 624 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 2.038 km E of Atka, Alaska · 624 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 1.977 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 623 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.743 km W of Atka, Alaska · 622 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of 118.

Before

  1. 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 650 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.940 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 650 days ago · 72 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 2.024 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 650 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.064 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 651 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.269 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 652 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.648 km E of Adak, Alaska · 652 days ago · 125 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.880 km E of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.324 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 653 days ago · 149 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.027 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 654 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 3.082 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 655 days ago · 108 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.039 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 657 days ago · 54 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 3.278 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 657 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 3.622 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 657 days ago · 196 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.698 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 658 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.028 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 660 days ago · 60 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.087 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 660 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 3.278 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 660 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.981 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 661 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 2.084 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 661 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.587 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 661 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away

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