Alaska earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 94 km SE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 94 km SE of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Jan 7, 2024, 8:20 PM HAST (06:20 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 155 km ESE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-01-08 06:20:02 UTC
Depth
49.9 km (31.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.628° N, 173.187° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
4.0mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.074 · 49 stations
3.6ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.2 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
77°
Stations used
67

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.054 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 994 days ago · 87 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.316 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 989 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.178 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 988 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 2.023 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 982 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 3.355 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 977 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.431 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 977 days ago · 150 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.9103 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 977 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.136 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 977 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 3.146 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 976 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.238 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 976 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.383 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 976 days ago · 46 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 1.714 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 975 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.778 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 972 days ago · 78 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.435 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 968 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.730 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 965 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.5100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 965 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 2.2101 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 964 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.152 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 963 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 3.144 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 963 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.023 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 963 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 3.0100 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 963 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 2.975 km E of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 105 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.755 km S of Atka, Alaska · 961 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 3.673 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 961 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 2.683 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 961 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 1.967 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 961 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 4.1155 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 960 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 2.548 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 960 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 1.528 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 960 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 1.916 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 959 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 3.8104 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 958 days ago · 162 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.491 km E of Atka, Alaska · 957 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 2.787 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 955 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 3.466 km E of Atka, Alaska · 954 days ago · 87 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 1.616 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 952 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 2.950 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 952 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 3.0138 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 951 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 3.072 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 951 days ago · 69 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 2.155 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 950 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 2.832 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 949 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
  41. 2.018 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 948 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.7103 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 948 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 3.0102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 947 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 1.727 km E of Atka, Alaska · 947 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 3.4175 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 946 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 2.369 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 945 days ago · 36 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 3.168 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 944 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  48. 2.130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 943 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 2.031 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 943 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 2.852 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 942 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 3.914 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 942 days ago · 78 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 2.781 km S of Atka, Alaska · 942 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 2.053 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 942 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 3.043 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 941 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 2.123 km S of Atka, Alaska · 939 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 2.919 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 939 days ago · 186 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 3.3139 km E of Atka, Alaska · 999 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.021 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1001 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.152 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 3.133 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1006 days ago · 122 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.035 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1006 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 3.875 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1006 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.144 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 3.9139 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 3.0140 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.879 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 3.365 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 183 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.5101 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 3.147 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 1.823 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.929 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 3.235 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 179 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 3.121 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 134 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 3.5100 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1015 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.137 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.157 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m46q (also filed as ak024dbzklp). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:07 AM UTC.