M3.2 earthquake 131 km E of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 131 km E of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Jun 11, 2022, 5:56 PM HADT (02:56 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 185 km WSW of Nikolski, 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
3.2	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.091 · 16 stations
2.8	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: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 95.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i87g (also filed as ak0227hm4jak). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:15 PM UTC.