Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 95 km SW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 95 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Feb 3, 2024, 8:54 PM HAST (06:54 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 94 km SW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-02-04 06:54:28 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.609° N, 175.223° 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
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 stations
2.2ML, 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 2.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
231°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.725 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 971 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.961 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 970 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.853 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 970 days ago · 179 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.445 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 969 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.848 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 968 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.9112 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 967 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 1.856 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 967 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.949 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 967 days ago · 155 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.716 km S of Adak, Alaska · 966 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.862 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 966 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.922 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 966 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.869 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 966 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 1.634 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 966 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.947 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 966 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.058 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 966 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.964 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.070 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.769 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 3.272 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 222 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.648 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 965 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 2.756 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 2.152 km E of Adak, Alaska · 964 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 3.162 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 964 days ago · 77 km deep · 35 km away
  24. 2.023 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 964 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 964 days ago · 40 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 1.962 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 963 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 3.191 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 2.755 km S of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 1.534 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 962 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.567 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 962 days ago · 212 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 1.94 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 962 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 1.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 962 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 1.553 km S of Adak, Alaska · 961 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 2.175 km E of Adak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  35. 1.916 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 959 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 2.168 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 959 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 4.285 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 959 days ago · 56 km deep · 22 km away
  38. 2.871 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 959 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 3.1110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 959 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 3.6115 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 959 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 1.745 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 958 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 2.641 km S of Adak, Alaska · 957 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 2.653 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 957 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 4.070 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 957 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
  45. 2.759 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 957 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 3.451 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 956 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 2.787 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 956 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 2.115 km S of Adak, Alaska · 955 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 3.282 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 954 days ago · 226 km deep · 100 km away
  50. 3.246 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 954 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 2.073 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 953 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  52. 2.078 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 953 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 1.616 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 952 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 2.950 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 952 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  55. 4.087 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 951 days ago · 44 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 1.758 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 951 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 1.867 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 951 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 2.155 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 951 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 1.543 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 950 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  60. 2.558 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 949 days ago · 88 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of 172.

Before

  1. 3.266 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 972 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 973 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.922 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 973 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 3.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 973 days ago · 79 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.081 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 1.962 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 974 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.055 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 975 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.714 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 975 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 3.451 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 74 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 1.843 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.870 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 976 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.749 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 976 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.653 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.868 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 976 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 2.686 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 976 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 1.962 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 976 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.899 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 977 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 977 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.158 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 977 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 2.238 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 977 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away

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