Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 129 km SSW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 129 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Jan 10, 2024, 7:53 PM HAST (05:53 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 85 km WSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-01-11 05:53:51 UTC
Depth
24.5 km (15.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.153° N, 175.046° 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
3.8mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.064 · 63 stations
3.8ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 7.5 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
192°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
89

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.976 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 993 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.753 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.158 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 976 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 975 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.899 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 975 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.962 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 975 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.686 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 975 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.868 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 975 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.749 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 974 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.870 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 974 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.843 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 3.451 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.962 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 973 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.081 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 972 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 3.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 972 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.8195 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 972 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 972 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 3.266 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 971 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.695 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 971 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.961 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 968 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 3.445 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 968 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 1.848 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 967 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 2.9112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 965 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 1.856 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 2.949 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 965 days ago · 155 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.862 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.058 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 2.5100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 964 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 1.964 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 2.070 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 2.2101 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 964 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 1.769 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 2.4142 km S of Atka, Alaska · 963 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 1.648 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 2.152 km E of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 3.162 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 2.8202 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 1.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.962 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 961 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 3.191 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 961 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 2.755 km S of Atka, Alaska · 961 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 1.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 960 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 2.175 km E of Adak, Alaska · 959 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 2.168 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 958 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 4.285 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 958 days ago · 56 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 2.871 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 958 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 3.1110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 957 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  49. 3.6115 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 957 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  50. 1.745 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 956 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 4.070 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 955 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 2.759 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 955 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 3.451 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 955 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 2.787 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 955 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 3.246 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 952 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 2.073 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 951 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 2.078 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 951 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 2.950 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 951 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 4.087 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 950 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
  60. 1.758 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 950 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 91.

Before

  1. 3.3129 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 995 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 4.9124 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 996 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 3.5113 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 996 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 3.1106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1004 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 3.0207 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1004 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 3.875 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 3.0118 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1006 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 3.8124 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 4.1115 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 1.860 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.3131 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.060 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.298 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.884 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 3.9109 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.797 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 3.0108 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 2.6103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.6103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 3.2109 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away

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