M3.5 earthquake 181 km ESE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 181 km ESE of Atka, Alaska on Tue, May 14, 2024, 1:38 PM HADT (22:38 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 169 km SW 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
3.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.091 · 16 stations
3.3	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: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 75.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n03d (also filed as ak02467mvlpe). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC.