M3.9 earthquake 48 km N of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 48 km N of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 8:36 AM HAST (18:36 UTC), 192 km (119 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 26 km ENE 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 · ±0.124 · 17 stations
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 82.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gzw2 (also filed as ak0222j9htnt). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:55 AM UTC.