Reviewed by USGSAlaska22y ago
M3.3 earthquake 95 km SW of Atka, Alaska
Tuesday, November 9, 2004, 01:41:07 UTC · 51.541°N, 175.088°W
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 95 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Tuesday, November 9, 2004, 01:41:07 UTC, at a depth of 40.9 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 3.3
- Minor · ml
- Depth
- 41 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
1 tons of TNT
That is about 1/11,203 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 355 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
80 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the North American and Pacific plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.
Depth: shallow
41 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
I felt it — report to USGS ↗USGS PAGER estimate
Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 50 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 857 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 8.61957 Atka, Alaska EarthquakeMarch 9, 1957 · 38 km W of this epicenter
- 8.01986 Atka, Alaska EarthquakeMay 7, 1986 · 22 km E of this epicenter
- 7.977 km WSW of Adak, AlaskaJune 10, 1996 · 176 km W of this epicenter
- 7.65 km WNW of Adak, AlaskaFebruary 14, 1905 · 118 km W of this epicenter
- 7.388 km WSW of Adak, AlaskaJuly 7, 1929 · 184 km W of this epicenter
- 7.346 km SSW of Adak, AlaskaJune 10, 1996 · 122 km W of this epicenter
- 7.2162 km WSW of Adak, AlaskaMarch 16, 1957 · 262 km W of this epicenter
- 7.175 km S of Adak, AlaskaMarch 14, 1957 · 120 km W of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 9 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 2 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1957M8.6
Alaska
9 Mar 1957 · 38 km away
2 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1986M8.0
Aleutian Islands: Adak
7 May 1986 · 22 km away · intensity VI
Moderate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 1901M7.8
Aleutian Islands: Fox Islands
31 Dec 1901 · 282 km away
Limited damage (under $1M)tsunami
- 1905M7.9
Andreanof Islands
14 Feb 1905 · 258 km away
- 1996M7.9
Andreanof Islands
10 Jun 1996 · 176 km away · intensity VI
tsunami
- 1996M7.3
Andreanof Islands
10 Jun 1996 · 122 km away
tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.