M3.9 earthquake 78 km NNW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 78 km NNW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Dec 22, 2018, 4:16 AM HAST (14:16 UTC), 237 km (147 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 25 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.9	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.163 · 10 stations
3.1	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j2k9 (also filed as ak018gczr64j). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC.