M2.8 earthquake 16 km S of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 16 km S of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Jul 20, 2024, 12:04 AM HADT (09:04 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 29 km SW 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
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-07-20 09:04:17 UTC
- Depth
- 86.8 km (53.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.050° N, 174.215° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 stations |
| 2.2 | 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 7.9 km horizontally, 11.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 247°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 187 in the 60 days after this one and 142 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.831 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 803 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.515 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 802 days ago · 190 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.780 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 801 days ago · 150 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.642 km N of Atka, Alaska · 801 days ago · 166 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.736 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 800 days ago · 202 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.071 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 800 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.941 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 799 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.842 km S of Atka, Alaska · 799 days ago · 79 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.949 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 799 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.743 km S of Atka, Alaska · 799 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.080 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 799 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.938 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 799 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.830 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 799 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.732 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.736 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 799 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.835 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 799 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.630 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 798 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.948 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 798 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.733 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 798 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.749 km E of Atka, Alaska · 798 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.945 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 798 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.942 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 798 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.631 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 798 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.844 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 798 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.742 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 798 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.140 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 798 days ago · 179 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.767 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 798 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.210 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 798 days ago · 187 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.856 km E of Atka, Alaska · 797 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.269 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 797 days ago · 171 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.670 km S of Atka, Alaska · 797 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.627 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 797 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.979 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 797 days ago · 212 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.347 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 796 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.850 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 796 days ago · 200 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.030 km S of Atka, Alaska · 795 days ago · 212 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.029 km S of Atka, Alaska · 795 days ago · 59 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.735 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 795 days ago · 168 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 795 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.829 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 795 days ago · 70 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 1.644 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 795 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.788 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 794 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.367 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 794 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.748 km W of Atka, Alaska · 793 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 793 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.540 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 793 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.143 km E of Atka, Alaska · 792 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.846 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 791 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.627 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 791 days ago · 182 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.839 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 789 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.630 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 788 days ago · 219 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.831 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 788 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.047 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 788 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.033 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 788 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.844 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 788 days ago · 156 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1111 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.642 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.841 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.435 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.132 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
The first 60 of 187.
Before
- 2.129 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 805 days ago · 64 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.557 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 805 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.520 km S of Atka, Alaska · 805 days ago · 85 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.366 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 805 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.667 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 806 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.983 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 806 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.527 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 806 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.542 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 807 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.539 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 807 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.935 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 807 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.119 km S of Atka, Alaska · 807 days ago · 180 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.538 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 807 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.631 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 807 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.671 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 807 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.755 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 808 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.541 km E of Atka, Alaska · 808 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.829 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 808 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.167 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 808 days ago · 80 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 808 days ago · 72 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 809 days ago · 74 km deep · 52 km away
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