M4.5 earthquake 89 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 89 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska on Sun, May 2, 1982, 7:42 AM GMT-8 (15:42 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 100 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (ml), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-05-02 15:42:21 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.855° N, 141.198° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.197 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16214 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.398 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16214 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.699 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16214 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.797 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16214 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.5103 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16214 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.5100 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16214 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.797 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16214 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.990 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16213 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.0100 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16213 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.393 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16213 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.785 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16213 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.295 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16213 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.087 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16213 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.094 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16212 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.892 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16212 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.988 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16202 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.1100 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 16201 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001m2a. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC.