M1.7 earthquake 16 km WNW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 16 km WNW of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Aug 26, 2024, 3:15 PM HADT (00:15 UTC), 8 km (5 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-27 00:15:30 UTC
- Depth
- 8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.239° N, 174.429° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.9 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 296°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.746 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 764 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.457 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 763 days ago · 219 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.170 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 762 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.723 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 762 days ago · 129 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.872 km E of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 79 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 762 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.073 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 215 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.665 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.540 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.043 km E of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.966 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.529 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.165 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 156 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.760 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 760 days ago · 146 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.330 km W of Atka, Alaska · 760 days ago · 200 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.533 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 760 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.672 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 760 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.542 km E of Atka, Alaska · 760 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.951 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 759 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.677 km E of Adak, Alaska · 759 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.169 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.760 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 756 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.046 km W of Atka, Alaska · 755 days ago · 96 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.351 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 755 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.048 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 755 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.245 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 755 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.767 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 754 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.173 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 754 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.084 km S of Atka, Alaska · 754 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.828 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 754 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.957 km E of Adak, Alaska · 752 days ago · 74 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 752 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.933 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 752 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.791 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 751 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.691 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 751 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.354 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 751 days ago · 159 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.937 km S of Atka, Alaska · 750 days ago · 56 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.934 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 750 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.890 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 749 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.059 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 748 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.229 km N of Atka, Alaska · 747 days ago · 158 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.270 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.040 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.529 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 745 days ago · 89 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.940 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 745 days ago · 77 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.931 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 745 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.124 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 744 days ago · 105 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.970 km E of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.676 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 191 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 742 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.665 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 742 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.829 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 742 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.841 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 742 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.817 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 741 days ago · 176 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.753 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 740 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.361 km E of Adak, Alaska · 739 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.048 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 739 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.614 km N of Atka, Alaska · 738 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
The first 60 of 153.
Before
- 2.246 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 767 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.235 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 767 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 767 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.179 km E of Adak, Alaska · 768 days ago · 78 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.070 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.058 km E of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 85 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.944 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 135 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.677 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.148 km N of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 137 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.879 km E of Adak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.041 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 769 days ago · 146 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.366 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 769 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.733 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 770 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.929 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 770 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.884 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 771 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.138 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 771 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.949 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 771 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 771 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.937 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 771 days ago · 175 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.944 km E of Atka, Alaska · 772 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av93242516. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:59 AM UTC.