Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 30 km W of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 30 km W of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Jan 1, 2025, 5:46 AM HAST (15:46 UTC), 195 km (121 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 69 km ESE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-01-01 15:46:57 UTC
Depth
194.7 km (121.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.246° N, 174.635° 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
2.8ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 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 9.3 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
152°
Stations used
18

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.370 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 638 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.971 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 638 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.086 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 636 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.939 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 635 days ago · 76 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.352 km S of Atka, Alaska · 634 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 3.155 km N of Atka, Alaska · 632 days ago · 183 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.224 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 632 days ago · 86 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 1.963 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 631 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.866 km E of Adak, Alaska · 631 days ago · 159 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.170 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 631 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.865 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 630 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.344 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 629 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 3.034 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 629 days ago · 79 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.629 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 629 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 1.617 km S of Atka, Alaska · 628 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.166 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 628 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.456 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 628 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 3.050 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 627 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.468 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 627 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.162 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 627 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.261 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 627 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 1.934 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 2.041 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 4.038 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.034 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 2.034 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 625 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 2.038 km E of Atka, Alaska · 624 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 1.743 km W of Atka, Alaska · 623 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 2.367 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 623 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.048 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 623 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 2.540 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 622 days ago · 153 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 2.370 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 622 days ago · 161 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 2.373 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 622 days ago · 175 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 2.974 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 621 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 2.475 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 621 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.766 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 621 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 2.724 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 621 days ago · 179 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 2.865 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 620 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  39. 2.855 km W of Atka, Alaska · 620 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 2.367 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 619 days ago · 56 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 1.857 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 618 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 2.356 km E of Atka, Alaska · 618 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 2.655 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 618 days ago · 175 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 2.619 km W of Atka, Alaska · 617 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 3.119 km N of Atka, Alaska · 615 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  46. 3.145 km S of Atka, Alaska · 615 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 3.223 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 615 days ago · 217 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 2.085 km E of Adak, Alaska · 613 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 3.218 km W of Atka, Alaska · 613 days ago · 243 km deep · 12 km away
  50. 2.060 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 611 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 3.157 km E of Atka, Alaska · 611 days ago · 102 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 3.477 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 607 days ago · 206 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 2.786 km W of Atka, Alaska · 607 days ago · 103 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 2.648 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 607 days ago · 123 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 3.055 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 606 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
  56. 2.050 km S of Atka, Alaska · 605 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 3.276 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 604 days ago · 197 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 3.054 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 604 days ago · 214 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 2.676 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 604 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 2.556 km S of Atka, Alaska · 604 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 108.

Before

  1. 2.029 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 639 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.655 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 178 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.230 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 640 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.130 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 642 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.129 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 642 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.368 km S of Atka, Alaska · 642 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 3.329 km S of Atka, Alaska · 643 days ago · 110 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.946 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 643 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.847 km S of Atka, Alaska · 644 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.251 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 644 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 3.046 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 646 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.436 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 646 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 3.377 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 647 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 3.247 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 647 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.365 km S of Atka, Alaska · 648 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.990 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 649 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.940 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 650 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 2.940 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 650 days ago · 72 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 2.024 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 650 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.064 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 651 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pm8d (also filed as ak0251wqtuq). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC.