M2.6 earthquake 152 km NNW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 152 km NNW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Feb 8, 2025, 6:32 AM HAST (16:32 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 54 km NNW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-08 16:32:33 UTC
- Depth
- 16.8 km (10.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.522° N, 174.784° 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.148 · 6 stations |
| 2.7 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
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 8.5 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 289°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.070 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 590 days ago · 217 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.892 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 590 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.0163 km N of Atka, Alaska · 588 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.254 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 578 days ago · 186 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0159 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 555 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000px4h (also filed as ak0251sroelc). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:01 PM UTC.