M3.1 earthquake 181 km SSE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 181 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Feb 8, 2024, 10:28 AM HAST (20:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 193 km SSE 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
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-02-08 20:28:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.690° N, 173.207° 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations |
| 2.7 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
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 4.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 237°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.5100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 963 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2101 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 963 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.2186 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 963 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.4142 km S of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.0100 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 961 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.1209 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 957 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.7172 km S of Atka, Alaska · 957 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.0138 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 950 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.8193 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 949 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.1183 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 949 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.7103 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 946 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.0102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 945 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.9177 km S of Atka, Alaska · 941 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.7109 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 936 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.0164 km S of Atka, Alaska · 926 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.0106 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 924 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.8208 km S of Atka, Alaska · 919 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mfh4 (also filed as ak0241su1bbe). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:38 AM UTC.