M4.9 earthquake 124 km SSW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 124 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Jan 9, 2024, 5:57 PM HAST (03:57 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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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
4.9	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.039 · 204 stations
4.9	mb, body-wave	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 1.9 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 78.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m2v5 (also filed as ak024gli2zi). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC.