M2.7 earthquake 90 km ENE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 90 km ENE of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Dec 4, 2019, 6:45 PM HAST (04:45 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 108 km NE 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
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
2.7	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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006pu1 (also filed as ak019fkpu4pn). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:50 PM UTC.