Alaska earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 244 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 244 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 21, 2022, 3:47 PM GMT+12 (03:47 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.2 (mb), light
Local time: Sun, Aug 21, 2022, 3:47 PM GMT+12
UTC: 2022-08-21 03:47:46 UTC
Depth: 88.3 km (54.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 51.499° N, 179.876° E
Region: Alaska
Strongest shaking: III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: III, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 0.4% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: -3.0 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

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 4.7 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 135°
Stations used: 74

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 117.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000icgw (also filed as ak022apeac57). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:19 PM UTC.