Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Sun, Aug 21, 2022, 8:21 AM AKDT (16:21 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 Unimak Island region, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-08-21 16:21:19 UTC
Depth
13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.291° N, 164.164° 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.

Stations used
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.397 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.675 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.974 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.993 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 3.5126 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 2.2178 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.870 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.9120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.5124 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 1.8106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.677 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.8120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.683 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.9122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.1171 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.077 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.660 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 3.387 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 3.573 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 1.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 1.6117 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 2.6146 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 1.8159 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 1.9111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 2.7111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 1.774 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 2.0148 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 1.9105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 47 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 3.476 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 3.768 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 1.973 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.176 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 3.070 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 2.6118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 2.0112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 2.7107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 3.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 1.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 1.677 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 1.9106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.9107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 1.8100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 1.9109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 2.788 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 3.8144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 2.7144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 3.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 1.849 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 1.990 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 2.7210 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 2.0103 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 1.891 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 1.899 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 1.761 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 136.

Before

  1. 1.979 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.8107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.776 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.895 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.577 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.562 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.798 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.978 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.659 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.853 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.888 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.792 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.681 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.688 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.8114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.080 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.9193 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away

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