Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 47 km E of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 47 km E of Akutan, Alaska on Sat, Jul 30, 2022, 9:55 AM AKDT (17:55 UTC), 75 km (46 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 67 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.8 (mb), minor
Local time: Sat, Jul 30, 2022, 9:55 AM AKDT
UTC: 2022-07-30 17:55:42 UTC
Depth: 74.7 km (46.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.083° N, 165.063° W
Region: Alaska
Strongest shaking: II, 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: II, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 0.2% 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 5.4 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.11
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 133°
Stations used: 164

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast47 kmE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 143.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i6ta (also filed as ak0229p8uh6c). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:20 AM UTC.