M3.0 earthquake 172 km E of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 172 km E of Atka, Alaska on Fri, May 17, 2024, 2:26 AM HADT (11:26 UTC), 27 km (17 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
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.085 · 22 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: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 81.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n86b (also filed as ak0246cevaqp). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:35 PM UTC.