M1.9 earthquake 68 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 68 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Aug 22, 2025, 11:56 PM HADT (08:56 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 107 km S of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-08-23 08:56:23 UTC
- Depth
- 15.8 km (9.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.600° N, 174.478° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.193 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 406 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.865 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 405 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.070 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 404 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.011 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 404 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.452 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 402 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.162 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 401 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.989 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 401 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.147 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 400 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.714 km N of Atka, Alaska · 399 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7105 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 398 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.788 km S of Atka, Alaska · 398 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.080 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 398 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.066 km S of Atka, Alaska · 398 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.598 km S of Atka, Alaska · 397 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.4108 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 396 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.7111 km S of Atka, Alaska · 396 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.7107 km S of Atka, Alaska · 396 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.7102 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 396 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.139 km S of Atka, Alaska · 395 days ago · 68 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.585 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 395 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7136 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 395 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.582 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 395 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.260 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 388 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.518 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 387 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.844 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 383 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.824 km N of Atka, Alaska · 381 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.939 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 376 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.586 km S of Atka, Alaska · 373 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.451 km E of Atka, Alaska · 371 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.230 km E of Atka, Alaska · 371 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.983 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 370 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.155 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 368 days ago · 63 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.4100 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 359 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.989 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 350 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 3.093 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 406 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.037 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 406 days ago · 121 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.852 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 407 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.069 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 407 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 409 days ago · 69 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.799 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 409 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.281 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 409 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.798 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 410 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.844 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 410 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.815 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 410 days ago · 75 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.845 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 410 days ago · 77 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 410 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.888 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 411 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.873 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 411 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8134 km S of Atka, Alaska · 411 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.749 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 411 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.868 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 411 days ago · 126 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.731 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 411 days ago · 170 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.770 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 411 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.976 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 412 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
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