Alaska earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 54 km NNW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 54 km NNW of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Sep 10, 2024, 11:36 PM HADT (08:36 UTC), 159 km (99 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
3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-09-11 08:36:36 UTC
Depth
159.1 km (98.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.628° N, 174.579° 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
3.3ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.077 · 22 stations
3.0ML, 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 16.7 km horizontally, 15.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
174°
Stations used
22

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.937 km S of Atka, Alaska · 750 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.934 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 750 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.059 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 749 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 3.229 km N of Atka, Alaska · 748 days ago · 158 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 1.851 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.040 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 4.529 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.940 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 77 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 3.931 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 746 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 3.124 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 745 days ago · 105 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.676 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 743 days ago · 191 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.943 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 743 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.665 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 743 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.829 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 742 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.841 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 742 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.591 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 741 days ago · 155 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.817 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 741 days ago · 176 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.753 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 741 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 3.048 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 739 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.614 km N of Atka, Alaska · 739 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 2.044 km W of Atka, Alaska · 739 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 2.486 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 738 days ago · 187 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 2.133 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 738 days ago · 117 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 1.845 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 738 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.978 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 737 days ago · 99 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 3.718 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 737 days ago · 156 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 2.854 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 737 days ago · 166 km deep · 0 km away
  28. 2.034 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 737 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 2.140 km S of Atka, Alaska · 735 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 2.134 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 733 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 2.249 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 733 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 1.837 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 732 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 2.143 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 731 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 3.585 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 731 days ago · 242 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 4.118 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 727 days ago · 99 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.945 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 727 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.822 km N of Atka, Alaska · 726 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 3.027 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 726 days ago · 190 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 2.146 km E of Atka, Alaska · 725 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 1.933 km E of Atka, Alaska · 724 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 1.927 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 724 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 1.946 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 723 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 2.581 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 723 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 2.673 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 723 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 1.779 km E of Adak, Alaska · 723 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.344 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 722 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  47. 2.781 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 720 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 2.645 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 719 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 3.138 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 719 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 3.271 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 719 days ago · 128 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 2.648 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 719 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 2.141 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 718 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 2.728 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 718 days ago · 174 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 1.937 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 718 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 2.850 km S of Atka, Alaska · 717 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 2.163 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 717 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 2.747 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 716 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 3.047 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 715 days ago · 190 km deep · 10 km away
  59. 2.282 km E of Adak, Alaska · 715 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 3.645 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 715 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 125.

Before

  1. 1.933 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 752 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.047 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 753 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.828 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 754 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.767 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 755 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 3.245 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 756 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.046 km W of Atka, Alaska · 756 days ago · 96 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.169 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 758 days ago · 113 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.677 km E of Adak, Alaska · 760 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.542 km E of Atka, Alaska · 760 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.672 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.533 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.330 km W of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 200 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.760 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 146 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.165 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 761 days ago · 156 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.529 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 761 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.043 km E of Atka, Alaska · 762 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.540 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 762 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.665 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 762 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 3.073 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 762 days ago · 215 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.723 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 763 days ago · 129 km deep · 74 km away

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