Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 29 km W of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 29 km W of Atka, Alaska on Wed, May 1, 2024, 9:53 AM HADT (18:53 UTC), 227 km (141 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
3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-05-01 18:53:26 UTC
Depth
226.8 km (140.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.248° N, 174.631° 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
3.1ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.085 · 18 stations
2.9ML, 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 15.2 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
155°
Stations used
23

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 154 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.431 km N of Atka, Alaska · 882 days ago · 161 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.156 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 882 days ago · 149 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.391 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 881 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.593 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 881 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.183 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 880 days ago · 82 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.984 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 879 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.651 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 879 days ago · 155 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.647 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 879 days ago · 138 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.129 km S of Atka, Alaska · 878 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 3.041 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 877 days ago · 189 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 2.262 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 877 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.027 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 877 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 2.178 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 877 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.845 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 877 days ago · 58 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.928 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 877 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.155 km E of Atka, Alaska · 877 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.961 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 876 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.769 km E of Adak, Alaska · 876 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.751 km W of Atka, Alaska · 875 days ago · 176 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.963 km N of Atka, Alaska · 875 days ago · 183 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 1.932 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 875 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 3.054 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 873 days ago · 205 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 4.953 km E of Adak, Alaska · 873 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 2.647 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 872 days ago · 85 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.857 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 872 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 3.151 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 870 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 2.091 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 870 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 2.696 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 870 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 2.294 km S of Atka, Alaska · 869 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 1.957 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 867 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 3.656 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 866 days ago · 222 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 2.877 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 866 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 3.066 km E of Atka, Alaska · 865 days ago · 140 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 1.948 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 864 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 1.942 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 864 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 3.026 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 864 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 2.971 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 864 days ago · 182 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 2.679 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 864 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 3.822 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 863 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  40. 3.067 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 862 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.486 km W of Atka, Alaska · 862 days ago · 158 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 2.034 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 862 days ago · 72 km deep · 29 km away
  43. 1.784 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 861 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 2.212 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 861 days ago · 89 km deep · 21 km away
  45. 2.175 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 860 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 3.024 km W of Atka, Alaska · 860 days ago · 209 km deep · 12 km away
  47. 2.228 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 859 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 2.673 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 859 days ago · 169 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 1.936 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 859 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 1.956 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 858 days ago · 77 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 2.971 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 858 days ago · 170 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 3.063 km E of Atka, Alaska · 858 days ago · 224 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 1.956 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 858 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 2.368 km W of Atka, Alaska · 857 days ago · 193 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 3.6104 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 857 days ago · 171 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 3.448 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 856 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 3.235 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 855 days ago · 147 km deep · 14 km away
  58. 2.228 km W of Atka, Alaska · 855 days ago · 111 km deep · 2 km away
  59. 2.352 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 855 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 3.397 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 855 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 154.

Before

  1. 3.056 km W of Atka, Alaska · 884 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 3.498 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 885 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 3.328 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 885 days ago · 109 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.231 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 885 days ago · 145 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 2.931 km E of Atka, Alaska · 885 days ago · 126 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.067 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 885 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.172 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 886 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.965 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 886 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.950 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 886 days ago · 80 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.715 km S of Atka, Alaska · 886 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 1.599 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 886 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.152 km N of Atka, Alaska · 887 days ago · 138 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.955 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 887 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.766 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 887 days ago · 150 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 3.227 km E of Atka, Alaska · 888 days ago · 146 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.055 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 889 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.163 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 890 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 3.373 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 892 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 3.216 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 893 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.643 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 893 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000msgb (also filed as ak0245m2llen). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:40 AM UTC.