Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 104 km ENE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 104 km ENE of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Feb 17, 2024, 3:09 AM HAST (13:09 UTC), 162 km (101 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 189 km E of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-02-17 13:09:05 UTC
Depth
162.4 km (100.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.477° N, 172.734° 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
3.8mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.161 · 10 stations
3.6ML, 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 10.4 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
174°
Stations used
38

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.024 km N of Atka, Alaska · 957 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.491 km E of Atka, Alaska · 956 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 3.8168 km E of Atka, Alaska · 953 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.466 km E of Atka, Alaska · 952 days ago · 87 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.616 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 950 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 3.072 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 950 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.428 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 949 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.832 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 947 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.018 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 947 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.126 km N of Atka, Alaska · 947 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.722 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 946 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.727 km E of Atka, Alaska · 945 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 3.168 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 943 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.852 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 941 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.321 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 932 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.789 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 931 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 3.3169 km E of Atka, Alaska · 929 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 3.1105 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 929 days ago · 213 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 3.0178 km E of Atka, Alaska · 924 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 3.255 km E of Atka, Alaska · 922 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 2.244 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 922 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 2.249 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 921 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 3.1132 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 920 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 3.0108 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 919 days ago · 189 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 1.832 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 919 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.912 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 918 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.651 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 1.735 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 917 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.838 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 917 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.820 km N of Atka, Alaska · 917 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.818 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 915 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.227 km N of Atka, Alaska · 915 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 3.231 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 914 days ago · 104 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 3.239 km E of Atka, Alaska · 914 days ago · 120 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 2.037 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 913 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 1.732 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 908 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 2.035 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 906 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 4.9189 km E of Atka, Alaska · 903 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  39. 3.1181 km E of Atka, Alaska · 903 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 3.2174 km E of Atka, Alaska · 957 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.5159 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 957 days ago · 193 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.528 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 959 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.548 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 959 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.967 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 960 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.683 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 960 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 3.673 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 960 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.975 km E of Atka, Alaska · 961 days ago · 105 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.023 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 3.144 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.152 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 1.730 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 964 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.435 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 966 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.515 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 970 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 3.778 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 971 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 3.146 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 975 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.136 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 975 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.9103 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 976 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.431 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 976 days ago · 150 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 3.355 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 976 days ago · 119 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m0th (also filed as ak02427ll9np). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:13 AM UTC.