M3.0 earthquake 116 km SSW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 116 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Jun 11, 2022, 2:19 AM HADT (11:19 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, 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
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations
2.4	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: 187 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 187.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i84y (also filed as ak0227g3q34a). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:15 AM UTC.