Alaska earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 28 km S of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 28 km S of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Dec 5, 2024, 2:55 AM HAST (12:55 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 91 km SE 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
2024-12-05 12:55:30 UTC
Depth
79.4 km (49.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.947° N, 174.270° 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 · ±0.097 · 14 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 9.5 km horizontally, 19.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.441 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 665 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.044 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 664 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 3.251 km S of Atka, Alaska · 664 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.863 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 664 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 3.046 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 663 days ago · 147 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.981 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 661 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 3.278 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 660 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.087 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 660 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.028 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 660 days ago · 60 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.698 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 658 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 3.622 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 657 days ago · 196 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 3.278 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 657 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.039 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 657 days ago · 54 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 3.082 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 655 days ago · 108 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.027 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 654 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.324 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 653 days ago · 149 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.880 km E of Adak, Alaska · 653 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.269 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 652 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.9113 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 652 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 3.084 km E of Atka, Alaska · 651 days ago · 159 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.064 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 651 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 2.024 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 650 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 2.940 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 650 days ago · 72 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 1.940 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 649 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 2.074 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 649 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 1.990 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 649 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.365 km S of Atka, Alaska · 647 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 3.247 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 646 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 3.377 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 646 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 2.436 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 646 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 3.046 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 646 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 2.251 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 644 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 2.847 km S of Atka, Alaska · 643 days ago · 61 km deep · 20 km away
  34. 1.946 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 643 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 3.329 km S of Atka, Alaska · 643 days ago · 110 km deep · 7 km away
  36. 2.368 km S of Atka, Alaska · 642 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 2.129 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 641 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  38. 4.0101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 641 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 2.130 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 641 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  40. 2.230 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 639 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 2.029 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 638 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  42. 2.830 km W of Atka, Alaska · 638 days ago · 195 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 2.370 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 638 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 1.971 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 3.379 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 636 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 3.875 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 636 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 3.976 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 636 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 2.086 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 635 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 2.939 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 635 days ago · 76 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 2.352 km S of Atka, Alaska · 634 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 3.289 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 633 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 3.155 km N of Atka, Alaska · 632 days ago · 183 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 2.224 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 631 days ago · 86 km deep · 27 km away
  54. 1.963 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 631 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 2.866 km E of Adak, Alaska · 630 days ago · 159 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 2.170 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 630 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 2.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 630 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
  58. 2.344 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 629 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 3.034 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 628 days ago · 79 km deep · 19 km away
  60. 2.629 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 628 days ago · 76 km deep · 9 km away

The first 60 of 104.

Before

  1. 2.181 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 665 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.714 km S of Atka, Alaska · 666 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 2.880 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 667 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.366 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 668 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 3.865 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 668 days ago · 242 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 3.579 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 669 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 3.148 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 670 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.915 km S of Atka, Alaska · 671 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 4.257 km N of Atka, Alaska · 673 days ago · 198 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.357 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 676 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 2.147 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 677 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.158 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 677 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.173 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 678 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 3.190 km S of Atka, Alaska · 680 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 3.177 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 680 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 3.022 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 680 days ago · 154 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 3.066 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 680 days ago · 148 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.064 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 680 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.946 km E of Atka, Alaska · 681 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 3.334 km N of Atka, Alaska · 681 days ago · 204 km deep · 63 km away

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