Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 47 km NW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 47 km NW of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Oct 17, 2024, 12:12 AM HADT (09:12 UTC), 190 km (118 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 57 km N of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-10-17 09:12:24 UTC
Depth
189.6 km (117.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.542° N, 174.608° 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
3.0ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 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 21.7 km horizontally, 11.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
233°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
18

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.282 km E of Adak, Alaska · 715 days ago · 75 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 3.447 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 714 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.645 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 714 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.133 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 714 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.024 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 714 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.129 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 714 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.032 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 714 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.933 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 714 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.143 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 714 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 3.852 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 714 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.034 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 714 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 3.633 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 713 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.626 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 713 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 1.840 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 713 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.832 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 713 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.719 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 712 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.833 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 712 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.936 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 712 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.810 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 712 days ago · 75 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.656 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 712 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.731 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 712 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 1.832 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 712 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 2.437 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 711 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 3.341 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 711 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.753 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 711 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 3.447 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 711 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.849 km E of Atka, Alaska · 710 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 3.543 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 710 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 3.075 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 710 days ago · 166 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.036 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 709 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 2.035 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 709 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 3.079 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 709 days ago · 186 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.639 km N of Atka, Alaska · 709 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 3.081 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 707 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.133 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 707 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 2.848 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 707 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.943 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 707 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 1.933 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 706 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 2.843 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 706 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 3.840 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 705 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 2.039 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 705 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 3.249 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 705 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.232 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 705 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 2.341 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 705 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 3.245 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 705 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 2.134 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 705 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 3.738 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 704 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 3.544 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 704 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 2.939 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 704 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 1.823 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 704 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 2.642 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 704 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 3.045 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 703 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 2.841 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 703 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 2.625 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 703 days ago · 121 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 2.717 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 702 days ago · 84 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 2.967 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 701 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 3.039 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 700 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 1.924 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 700 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 3.047 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 699 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 3.168 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 698 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 135.

Before

  1. 3.749 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 715 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.747 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 715 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.163 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 717 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.850 km S of Atka, Alaska · 717 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.937 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 717 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.728 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 718 days ago · 174 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 2.141 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 718 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.648 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 718 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 3.271 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 718 days ago · 128 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 3.138 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 718 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.645 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 718 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.781 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 719 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 2.344 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 721 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.779 km E of Adak, Alaska · 722 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.673 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 722 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.581 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 722 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.946 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 723 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.927 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 723 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 1.933 km E of Atka, Alaska · 723 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.146 km E of Atka, Alaska · 724 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away

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