Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 9 km NW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, May 16, 2026, 11:48 PM HADT (08:48 UTC), 197 km (122 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 89 km WNW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.6 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sat, May 16, 2026, 11:48 PM HADT
UTC: 2026-05-17 08:48:37 UTC
Depth: 196.8 km (122.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 52.261° N, 174.283° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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
3.6	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.158 · 10 stations
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Reviewed · ±0.2 · 13 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 16.3 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.16
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 120°
Stations used: 24

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 81.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000syn3 (also filed as aka2026jrwptl). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:34 AM UTC.