M3.7 earthquake 89 km SW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 89 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 11:12 PM HAST (09:12 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 89 km SSW 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
3.7	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.13 · 15 stations
3.8	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Reviewed · ±0.1 · 23 stations

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: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 90.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s8jh (also filed as ak2026czuuvq). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:57 PM UTC.