Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 51 km W of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 51 km W of Atka, Alaska on Wed, May 8, 2024, 10:19 AM HADT (19:19 UTC), 176 km (109 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 66 km W of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-05-08 19:19:13 UTC
Depth
176.0 km (109.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.147° N, 174.954° 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
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 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 11.7 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
169°
Stations used
15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.963 km N of Atka, Alaska · 875 days ago · 183 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.645 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 875 days ago · 148 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.932 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 875 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 3.054 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 873 days ago · 205 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.630 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.953 km E of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.647 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 872 days ago · 85 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.857 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 872 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.941 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 871 days ago · 142 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.091 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 870 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 870 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.895 km S of Atka, Alaska · 869 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.294 km S of Atka, Alaska · 869 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.857 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 868 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.957 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 867 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 3.656 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 866 days ago · 222 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.948 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 864 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.942 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 864 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 3.026 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 864 days ago · 108 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.971 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 864 days ago · 182 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 2.679 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 864 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 3.822 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 863 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 862 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 3.067 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 862 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.568 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 862 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.486 km W of Atka, Alaska · 862 days ago · 158 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 2.034 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 862 days ago · 72 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 1.784 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 861 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 2.212 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 861 days ago · 89 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 2.175 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 860 days ago · 53 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 3.024 km W of Atka, Alaska · 860 days ago · 209 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 2.228 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 859 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 1.731 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 2.673 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 169 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 1.936 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 859 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 1.956 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 858 days ago · 77 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 2.971 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 858 days ago · 170 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 1.956 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 858 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 2.368 km W of Atka, Alaska · 857 days ago · 193 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 3.6104 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 857 days ago · 171 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 3.448 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 856 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 3.235 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 855 days ago · 147 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 2.228 km W of Atka, Alaska · 855 days ago · 111 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 2.352 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 855 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 3.397 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 855 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 1.558 km E of Adak, Alaska · 855 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 1.955 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 855 days ago · 55 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 3.686 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 854 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 2.849 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 854 days ago · 222 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 2.6103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 854 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 1.980 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 853 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
  52. 1.663 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 852 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.628 km N of Atka, Alaska · 852 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 1.786 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 851 days ago · 62 km deep · 43 km away
  55. 1.831 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 850 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 2.155 km E of Adak, Alaska · 849 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 2.151 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 849 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 2.551 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 1.942 km E of Adak, Alaska · 847 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 3.651 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 847 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 2.769 km E of Adak, Alaska · 876 days ago · 86 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.961 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 876 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.928 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 877 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.845 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 877 days ago · 58 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 2.027 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 877 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 3.041 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 877 days ago · 189 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 2.961 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 878 days ago · 204 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.129 km S of Atka, Alaska · 878 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.647 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 879 days ago · 138 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.651 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 879 days ago · 155 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.984 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 879 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.183 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 880 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.593 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 881 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 3.391 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 881 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.156 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 882 days ago · 149 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.856 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 882 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.431 km N of Atka, Alaska · 882 days ago · 161 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 3.129 km W of Atka, Alaska · 882 days ago · 227 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 3.056 km W of Atka, Alaska · 884 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 3.498 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 885 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away

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