Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 44 km SE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 44 km SE of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Feb 11, 2024, 10:30 PM HAST (08:30 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 47 km N of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-02-12 08:30:11 UTC
Depth
67.1 km (41.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.952° N, 173.693° 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
3.1ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.085 · 18 stations
2.8ML, 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 15.2 km horizontally, 20.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
199°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
21

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.023 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 965 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 1.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 965 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 3.0100 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 965 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.047 km N of Atka, Alaska · 965 days ago · 183 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.975 km E of Atka, Alaska · 964 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.755 km S of Atka, Alaska · 964 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 3.673 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 963 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 2.683 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 963 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 1.967 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 963 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.548 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 1.528 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 1.916 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 961 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.871 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 960 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 3.8104 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 960 days ago · 162 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.024 km N of Atka, Alaska · 960 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.491 km E of Atka, Alaska · 960 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 4.070 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 958 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.787 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 958 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 3.466 km E of Atka, Alaska · 956 days ago · 87 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.073 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 954 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 1.616 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 954 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 2.950 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 954 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 3.0138 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 953 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 3.072 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 953 days ago · 69 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 2.428 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 953 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 2.155 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 952 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 2.558 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 951 days ago · 88 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 2.832 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 951 days ago · 69 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 2.018 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 950 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  30. 2.126 km N of Atka, Alaska · 950 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 3.268 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 950 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 2.7103 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 950 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 1.722 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 950 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 3.0102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 949 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 1.727 km E of Atka, Alaska · 949 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 2.369 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 947 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  37. 3.168 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 946 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 2.130 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 946 days ago · 77 km deep · 44 km away
  39. 2.031 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 945 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 2.852 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 945 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 3.914 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 944 days ago · 78 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 2.781 km S of Atka, Alaska · 944 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 2.053 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 944 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 3.043 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 943 days ago · 48 km deep · 17 km away
  45. 1.613 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 942 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 2.123 km S of Atka, Alaska · 941 days ago · 68 km deep · 32 km away
  47. 2.919 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 941 days ago · 186 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 2.025 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 940 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
  49. 3.7109 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 939 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.276 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 939 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 2.188 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 939 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 2.184 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 939 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 2.074 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 939 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 2.169 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 938 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 2.321 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 935 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 2.974 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 935 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
  57. 2.789 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 935 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 1.966 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 933 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 3.128 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 932 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 3.270 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 931 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 104.

Before

  1. 3.162 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 965 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.152 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 966 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 2.2101 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 966 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.5100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 967 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.730 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 967 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.612 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 968 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.949 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 968 days ago · 155 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.435 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 970 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 3.445 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 971 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.961 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 971 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.725 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 972 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.515 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 974 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 3.778 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 974 days ago · 78 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 3.042 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 977 days ago · 170 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.714 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 977 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.870 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 977 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.749 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 977 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.868 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 978 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.962 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 978 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.383 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 978 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mg6v (also filed as ak0241z91ul6). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC.