Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 205 km S of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 205 km S of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 8:54 PM HAST (06:54 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 184 km S of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-01-30 06:54:40 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
50.349° N, 174.157° 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
3.2ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 stations
3.1ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
285°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.3196 km S of Atka, Alaska · 607 days ago · 38 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 3.7184 km S of Atka, Alaska · 603 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 3.0141 km S of Atka, Alaska · 601 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.8208 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 597 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.4127 km S of Atka, Alaska · 593 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.9164 km S of Atka, Alaska · 590 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.1161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 585 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.9185 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 585 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.4133 km S of Atka, Alaska · 585 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.9191 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 584 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.4162 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 583 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.8205 km S of Atka, Alaska · 582 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 2.1106 km S of Atka, Alaska · 579 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 2.3128 km S of Atka, Alaska · 579 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 3.0152 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 577 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 3.1195 km S of Atka, Alaska · 571 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 2.9183 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 567 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.7145 km S of Atka, Alaska · 564 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 3.5232 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 563 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 3.3178 km S of Atka, Alaska · 560 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 3.0163 km S of Atka, Alaska · 559 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 2.8198 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 556 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 3.2213 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 555 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 2.2152 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 554 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 3.1154 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 614 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.0186 km S of Atka, Alaska · 614 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 3.1178 km S of Atka, Alaska · 616 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.9139 km S of Atka, Alaska · 616 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.5106 km S of Atka, Alaska · 619 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.7136 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 631 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.9159 km S of Atka, Alaska · 636 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 3.9198 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 638 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000paxc (also filed as ak0251dq0oka). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:29 PM UTC.