M3.1 earthquake 38 km NNE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 38 km NNE of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 2:57 PM HADT (23:57 UTC), 162 km (101 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 113 km NE 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
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-04-15 23:57:21 UTC
- Depth
- 162.3 km (100.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 52.498° N, 173.924° 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 12.5 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 173°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.396 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 168 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.29 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 160 days ago · 148 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.458 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 158 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.586 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 155 days ago · 227 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.712 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 154 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.164 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 152 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.352 km S of Atka, Alaska · 151 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.094 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 150 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.336 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 148 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.089 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 147 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.834 km E of Atka, Alaska · 147 days ago · 85 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.736 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 146 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.444 km S of Atka, Alaska · 145 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.765 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 145 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.673 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 144 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.034 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 143 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.869 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 143 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.760 km E of Atka, Alaska · 140 days ago · 147 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.69 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 137 days ago · 197 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.055 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 135 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.313 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 135 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.167 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 133 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.954 km N of Atka, Alaska · 130 days ago · 225 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.262 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 126 days ago · 179 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.0113 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 125 days ago · 239 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.8104 km E of Atka, Alaska · 122 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.656 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 121 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.353 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 119 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.345 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 118 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.324 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 115 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.466 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 115 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.570 km E of Atka, Alaska · 114 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.932 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 113 days ago · 177 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.566 km E of Atka, Alaska · 113 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.373 km E of Atka, Alaska · 113 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.473 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 112 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.770 km E of Atka, Alaska · 112 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.271 km E of Atka, Alaska · 112 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.941 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 112 days ago · 219 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.180 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 111 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.364 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 111 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.141 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 110 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.768 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 109 days ago · 219 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.648 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 108 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 1.718 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 170 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.587 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 184 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.458 km S of Atka, Alaska · 184 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.813 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 184 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.857 km E of Atka, Alaska · 185 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.623 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 189 days ago · 164 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.752 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 195 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.881 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 195 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.88 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 197 days ago · 114 km deep · 39 km away
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