Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 13 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 13 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska on Sun, Mar 6, 2022, 11:56 AM AKST (20:56 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 53 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.1 (ml), minor
Local time: Sun, Mar 6, 2022, 11:56 AM AKST
UTC: 2022-03-06 20:56:08 UTC
Depth: 110.5 km (68.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.023° N, 165.849° 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.

Location uncertainty: About 12.8 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 176°
Stations used: 30

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast13 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 123.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h2lr (also filed as ak0222zu68vs, ak0222zu69wm). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC.