Alaska earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 41 km SE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 41 km SE of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 8:18 AM HADT (17:18 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 29 km ENE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-11 17:18:28 UTC
Depth
8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.958° N, 173.740° 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
3.4ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.085 · 18 stations
2.7ML, 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 3.8 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
203°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
25

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 112 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.030 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 2.170 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 56 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.736 km S of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 1.951 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 1.634 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.940 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.733 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 1.945 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.631 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.1135 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.643 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 1.8100 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 1.545 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 1.636 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 2.1125 km S of Atka, Alaska · 779 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.815 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 778 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.880 km E of Atka, Alaska · 778 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 3.540 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.242 km E of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 3.140 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  21. 2.145 km S of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 2.826 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 77 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 2.644 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 1.945 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 2.134 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 2.968 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 2.984 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 3.345 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 776 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 3.423 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 775 days ago · 150 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 2.152 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 775 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.181 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 773 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 2.066 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 773 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 1.917 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 773 days ago · 79 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 3.235 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 773 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  35. 1.933 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 773 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  36. 2.366 km E of Atka, Alaska · 773 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 2.047 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 772 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  38. 2.944 km E of Atka, Alaska · 771 days ago · 113 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 2.937 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 771 days ago · 175 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 1.755 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 771 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 1.949 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 771 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 2.138 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 771 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 1.929 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 770 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 1.733 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 770 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 2.366 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 769 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 4.041 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 769 days ago · 146 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 2.148 km N of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 137 km deep · 80 km away
  48. 1.677 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 1.944 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 135 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 2.058 km E of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 2.070 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 768 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 2.036 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 767 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  53. 3.1120 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 767 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 2.235 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 767 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  55. 2.246 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 766 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 1.716 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 766 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 2.746 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 764 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  58. 3.457 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 763 days ago · 219 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 2.498 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 762 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 2.170 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 762 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of 137.

Before

  1. 2.989 km E of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.742 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.932 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.333 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 3.085 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 782 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.68 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 782 days ago · 170 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.747 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 783 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 3.319 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 783 days ago · 164 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.833 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 784 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 3.575 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 784 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.747 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 785 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 1.988 km S of Atka, Alaska · 786 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.096 km S of Atka, Alaska · 786 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 3.378 km S of Atka, Alaska · 786 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.133 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 1.941 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 3.140 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.132 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 1.945 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 92 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.943 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away

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