Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 18 km WNW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 18 km WNW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, May 24, 2025, 1:27 PM HADT (22:27 UTC), 194 km (121 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 57 km E 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
2025-05-24 22:27:45 UTC
Depth
194.4 km (120.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.284° N, 174.436° 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
2.7ML, 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 13.0 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
142°
Stations used
17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 128 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.943 km S of Atka, Alaska · 495 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.722 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 495 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.969 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 494 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 3.130 km N of Atka, Alaska · 493 days ago · 142 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 1.952 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 493 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 3.231 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 492 days ago · 213 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.052 km S of Atka, Alaska · 492 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.948 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 491 days ago · 129 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 3.169 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 491 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.949 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 4.846 km E of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.638 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 3.135 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 3.144 km E of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.545 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 3.639 km E of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 3.437 km E of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.848 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 3.241 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.636 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 3.053 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 3.343 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 3.141 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 3.087 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 3.342 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.135 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 489 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 3.038 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 489 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 3.086 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 488 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 1.934 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 488 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 2.293 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 487 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 2.762 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 487 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 2.578 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 485 days ago · 157 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 2.6104 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 484 days ago · 213 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 2.042 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 484 days ago · 173 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 2.759 km N of Atka, Alaska · 483 days ago · 152 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 2.091 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 483 days ago · 162 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 1.637 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 483 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 2.076 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 482 days ago · 137 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 1.883 km E of Adak, Alaska · 482 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 3.077 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 482 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 3.665 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 481 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 3.561 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 481 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 1.643 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 480 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 2.672 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 480 days ago · 145 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 1.779 km E of Adak, Alaska · 480 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 3.157 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 480 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 2.081 km E of Adak, Alaska · 480 days ago · 85 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 2.741 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 479 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 3.29 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 478 days ago · 67 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 2.047 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 477 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 1.647 km W of Atka, Alaska · 477 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 2.172 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 476 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 3.034 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 476 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 2.891 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 476 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 2.257 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 475 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 2.036 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 475 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 3.851 km N of Atka, Alaska · 473 days ago · 237 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 2.173 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 472 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 2.018 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 471 days ago · 123 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 2.594 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 469 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 128.

Before

  1. 2.259 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 497 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 3.577 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 497 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.163 km E of Atka, Alaska · 498 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 3.170 km E of Atka, Alaska · 499 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 3.074 km E of Atka, Alaska · 499 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.918 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 500 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 1.894 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 500 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.923 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 501 days ago · 206 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 2.760 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 501 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.396 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 501 days ago · 220 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.136 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 501 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.872 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 502 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.680 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 502 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.865 km E of Atka, Alaska · 502 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.684 km E of Adak, Alaska · 503 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.531 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 503 days ago · 168 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.084 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 503 days ago · 99 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.771 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 504 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.031 km S of Atka, Alaska · 504 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 3.026 km E of Atka, Alaska · 505 days ago · 85 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qgrd (also filed as ak0256mine6h). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:53 AM UTC.