M2.3 earthquake 62 km SSE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 62 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Aug 7, 2026, 11:20 AM HADT (20:20 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 76 km ESE 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-07 20:20:18 UTC
- Depth
- 35.1 km (21.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.658° N, 173.938° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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 17.9 km horizontally, 16.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Station coverage gap
- 281°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 since this one and 187 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.690 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 54 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.473 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 54 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.694 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 54 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.492 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 54 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.593 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 54 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.992 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 54 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.473 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 54 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.589 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 54 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.462 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 54 days ago · 74 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.992 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 53 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.576 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 53 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.670 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 53 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.967 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 53 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.795 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 52 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.717 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 52 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.060 km W of Atka, Alaska · 52 days ago · 148 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.272 km S of Atka, Alaska · 52 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.272 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 52 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.268 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 51 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.482 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 51 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.776 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 51 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.865 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 51 days ago · 60 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.273 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 51 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.077 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 50 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.952 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 50 days ago · 89 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.875 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 50 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.785 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 49 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.590 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 48 days ago · 114 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.193 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 48 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.1153 km S of Atka, Alaska · 47 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.679 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 47 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 47 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.6158 km S of Atka, Alaska · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.143 km S of Atka, Alaska · 46 days ago · 86 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.586 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 44 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.692 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 44 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.197 km S of Atka, Alaska · 44 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.778 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 44 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.687 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 44 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.7112 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.076 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 43 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.852 km S of Atka, Alaska · 39 days ago · 52 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.4102 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 39 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.554 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 38 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.576 km S of Atka, Alaska · 37 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.816 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 37 days ago · 175 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.246 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.598 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 35 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.080 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 34 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.940 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 34 days ago · 182 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.1100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 33 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.789 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 33 days ago · 53 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.162 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 32 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.616 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 32 days ago · 170 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.895 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 32 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.870 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 32 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.856 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 29 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.147 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 29 days ago · 66 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.571 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 26 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
The first 60 of 100.
Before
- 3.1122 km S of Atka, Alaska · 55 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.597 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 55 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.1104 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 55 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.590 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 55 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.162 km S of Atka, Alaska · 55 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.081 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 55 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.462 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 55 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.277 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 55 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.751 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 55 days ago · 97 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.284 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 55 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6114 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 55 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5119 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 56 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.6147 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 56 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.489 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 56 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.695 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 56 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.591 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 56 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.861 km S of Atka, Alaska · 56 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.093 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 57 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.484 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 57 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.180 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 57 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
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