M3.9 earthquake 14 km SSE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Mar 3, 2024, 8:17 PM HAST (06:17 UTC), 78 km (49 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 94 km SW 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 · ±0.076 · 46 stations
4.0	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: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 106.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mgm3 (also filed as ak0242xy2ji3). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:40 AM UTC.