Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 47 km SE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 47 km SE of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Aug 4, 2024, 7:20 PM HADT (04:20 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 29 km ENE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-05 04:20:03 UTC
Depth
10.3 km (6.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.961° N, 173.631° 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
3.0ML, 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 3.6 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
18

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 117 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.033 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 788 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 2.844 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 788 days ago · 156 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.1111 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.642 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.841 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.435 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.132 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.943 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 1.945 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.132 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 3.140 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 1.941 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 787 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 2.133 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 786 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 3.378 km S of Atka, Alaska · 786 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.096 km S of Atka, Alaska · 786 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.988 km S of Atka, Alaska · 786 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.747 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 785 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 3.575 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 784 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.833 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 784 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 3.319 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 783 days ago · 164 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.747 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 783 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 2.68 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 782 days ago · 170 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 3.085 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 782 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 2.333 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 1.932 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 2.742 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 2.989 km E of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 3.441 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  29. 2.030 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 2.170 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 56 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 1.736 km S of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 1.951 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 1.634 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 781 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 1.940 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  35. 1.733 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  36. 1.945 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 1.631 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 2.1135 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 1.643 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 1.8100 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 1.545 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 1.636 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 780 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 2.1125 km S of Atka, Alaska · 779 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.815 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 778 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 2.880 km E of Atka, Alaska · 778 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
  46. 3.540 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  47. 2.242 km E of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 3.140 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  49. 2.145 km S of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 2.826 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 2.644 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 1.945 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  53. 2.134 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 2.968 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 2.984 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 777 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 3.345 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 776 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 3.423 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 775 days ago · 150 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 2.152 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 775 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 2.181 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 773 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
  60. 2.066 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 773 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of 147.

Before

  1. 1.831 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 788 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 2.630 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 788 days ago · 219 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.839 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 789 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.627 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 791 days ago · 182 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.846 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 791 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 3.2110 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 791 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 3.143 km E of Atka, Alaska · 792 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 1.540 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 793 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 1.865 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 793 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.9106 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 793 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 1.748 km W of Atka, Alaska · 793 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.367 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 794 days ago · 72 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.644 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 795 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 4.829 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 795 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  15. 2.735 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 795 days ago · 168 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.029 km S of Atka, Alaska · 795 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 3.030 km S of Atka, Alaska · 795 days ago · 212 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 3.850 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 796 days ago · 200 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 3.347 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 796 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.627 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 797 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away

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