M2.6 earthquake 101 km SW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 101 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 10:14 AM HAST (20:14 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 119 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
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
2.6	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: 181 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 181.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006y07 (also filed as ak0206y52ec). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:52 PM UTC.