Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 58 km NW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 58 km NW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Apr 23, 2025, 3:24 PM HADT (00:24 UTC), 184 km (115 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 46 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
2025-04-24 00:24:16 UTC
Depth
184.5 km (114.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.621° N, 174.708° 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
2.9ML, 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 26.1 km horizontally, 28.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
180°
Stations used
16

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.837 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 526 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.987 km W of Atka, Alaska · 525 days ago · 226 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.057 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 525 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.269 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 525 days ago · 206 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 1.750 km W of Atka, Alaska · 523 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 3.969 km N of Atka, Alaska · 523 days ago · 195 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 2.857 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 521 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.730 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 519 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 3.453 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 515 days ago · 82 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.062 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 515 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 3.038 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 509 days ago · 146 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.848 km W of Atka, Alaska · 509 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.731 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 509 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 4.162 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 507 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.967 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 506 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.724 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 505 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 3.139 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 505 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.026 km E of Atka, Alaska · 505 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.031 km S of Atka, Alaska · 504 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.084 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 503 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 2.531 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 502 days ago · 168 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 1.684 km E of Adak, Alaska · 502 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 1.680 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 502 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.263 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 501 days ago · 192 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.136 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 501 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.396 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 501 days ago · 220 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 2.923 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 500 days ago · 206 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 2.918 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 499 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 3.018 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 495 days ago · 194 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 2.943 km S of Atka, Alaska · 495 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 1.722 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 495 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 1.969 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 493 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 3.130 km N of Atka, Alaska · 493 days ago · 142 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 3.231 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 491 days ago · 213 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 2.948 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 491 days ago · 129 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 2.949 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 4.846 km E of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  38. 3.638 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 3.135 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 3.144 km E of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 2.545 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  42. 3.639 km E of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 3.437 km E of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.848 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 3.241 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.636 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 3.053 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 3.343 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 3.141 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 3.342 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 489 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 2.135 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 489 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 3.038 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 488 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 1.934 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 487 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 2.762 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 487 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 2.578 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 485 days ago · 157 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 2.6104 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 484 days ago · 213 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 2.042 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 484 days ago · 173 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 2.759 km N of Atka, Alaska · 483 days ago · 152 km deep · 27 km away
  59. 2.091 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 483 days ago · 162 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 1.637 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 483 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 80.

Before

  1. 1.935 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 527 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 3.14 km W of Atka, Alaska · 527 days ago · 205 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.040 km E of Atka, Alaska · 528 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 3.029 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 528 days ago · 147 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.720 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 530 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.838 km S of Atka, Alaska · 531 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.826 km S of Atka, Alaska · 531 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.967 km W of Atka, Alaska · 531 days ago · 201 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.554 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 532 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.845 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 532 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 3.453 km E of Atka, Alaska · 532 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 3.915 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 533 days ago · 225 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.682 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 533 days ago · 81 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.113 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 534 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.815 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 534 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 3.168 km N of Atka, Alaska · 534 days ago · 164 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.176 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 535 days ago · 157 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 3.465 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 535 days ago · 169 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.811 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 536 days ago · 192 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.839 km N of Atka, Alaska · 536 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pxcc (also filed as ak02558jequc). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:44 AM UTC.