Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 75 km S of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 75 km S of Akutan, Alaska on Sun, Aug 21, 2022, 11:47 PM AKDT (07:47 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 83 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-08-22 07:47:05 UTC
Depth
43.6 km (27.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.459° N, 165.607° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 165 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.783 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.974 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 1.993 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 3.5126 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.870 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 3.1Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.68 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.77 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.5124 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.677 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.1171 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.077 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 1.660 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 50 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 3.880 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.885 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 3.387 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 3.573 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 44 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 3.041 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 65 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 1.882 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 1.877 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.6117 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 1.8159 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 1.759 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 37 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 1.9111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.7111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 1.978 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.774 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 1.672 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 1.9105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 3.476 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
  33. 3.768 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 1.973 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  35. 2.366 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 36 km deep · 13 km away
  36. 2.259 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 3.665 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  38. 1.958 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 2.074 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 1.877 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 1.767 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 1.665 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  43. 2.684 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.176 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 3.070 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 1.922 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 111 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 2.7107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 1.677 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  50. 2.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 2.788 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 2.910 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 2.7144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 1.849 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 1.671 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  57. 1.990 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 3.616 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.0103 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  60. 3.585 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 165.

Before

  1. 2.2141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.979 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.953 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.776 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.895 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.732 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 1.577 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.682 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.857 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 96 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 3.386 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.573 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.888 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.924 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 1.587 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.562 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 64 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 1.688 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.978 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022ar47bug. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC.