Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 24 km NNW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 24 km NNW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Jan 18, 2025, 10:37 PM HAST (08:37 UTC), 179 km (111 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
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-01-19 08:37:33 UTC
Depth
179.3 km (111.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.415° N, 174.274° 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
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.6ML, 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 24.2 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
245°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.865 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 620 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.855 km W of Atka, Alaska · 620 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.367 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 619 days ago · 56 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.356 km E of Atka, Alaska · 618 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.655 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 618 days ago · 175 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.619 km W of Atka, Alaska · 617 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 3.119 km N of Atka, Alaska · 615 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 3.145 km S of Atka, Alaska · 615 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 3.223 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 615 days ago · 217 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 3.218 km W of Atka, Alaska · 613 days ago · 243 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 2.874 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 612 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.060 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 611 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 3.157 km E of Atka, Alaska · 611 days ago · 102 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 3.477 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 607 days ago · 206 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.786 km W of Atka, Alaska · 607 days ago · 103 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 3.055 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 605 days ago · 87 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.050 km S of Atka, Alaska · 605 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 3.276 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 604 days ago · 197 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.556 km S of Atka, Alaska · 604 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 4.469 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 600 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 2.272 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 597 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.170 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 596 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 2.078 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 596 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 2.944 km W of Atka, Alaska · 595 days ago · 118 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 1.767 km W of Atka, Alaska · 595 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 1.848 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 595 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 2.035 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 595 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 2.272 km W of Atka, Alaska · 595 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 2.278 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 594 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 3.395 km E of Atka, Alaska · 593 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 2.771 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 593 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 2.572 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 590 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 3.070 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 589 days ago · 217 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 2.892 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 588 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 3.233 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 588 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 2.069 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 588 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 3.030 km N of Atka, Alaska · 585 days ago · 188 km deep · 9 km away
  38. 1.993 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 585 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 2.827 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 584 days ago · 166 km deep · 4 km away
  40. 1.582 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 584 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.648 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 584 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 2.553 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 583 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 2.158 km S of Atka, Alaska · 583 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 1.675 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 583 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.679 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 583 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 1.862 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 582 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 1.683 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 582 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 2.166 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 582 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 1.784 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 582 days ago · 97 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 1.631 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 582 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  51. 1.97 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 581 days ago · 129 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 1.875 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 581 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 2.252 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 581 days ago · 97 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 3.128 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 581 days ago · 180 km deep · 26 km away
  55. 2.146 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 581 days ago · 156 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 2.841 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 581 days ago · 159 km deep · 19 km away
  57. 1.855 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 581 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 1.923 km N of Atka, Alaska · 581 days ago · 110 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 1.778 km E of Adak, Alaska · 581 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 2.949 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 580 days ago · 201 km deep · 30 km away

The first 60 of 93.

Before

  1. 1.766 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 621 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.977 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 621 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.974 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 621 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.373 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 622 days ago · 175 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.540 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 622 days ago · 153 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 2.048 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 622 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.367 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 622 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.743 km W of Atka, Alaska · 622 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.038 km E of Atka, Alaska · 624 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.034 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 625 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.034 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 4.038 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.041 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.934 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.261 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 626 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.162 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 627 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.468 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 627 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 3.050 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 627 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.456 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 628 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.166 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 628 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away

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