Alaska earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake 67 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 67 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska on Sun, Jul 31, 2022, 4:36 PM AKDT (00:36 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Jul 31, 2022, 4:36 PM AKDT
UTC: 2022-08-01 00:36:40 UTC
Depth: 39.9 km (24.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.567° N, 165.420° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 5
Strongest shaking: III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag: Yes: a large quake in an oceanic region
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.3	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.041 · 57 stations
5.3	Mww, W-phase moment	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary
5.2	ML, local (Richter)	NOAA National Tsunami Warning Center	Reviewed · 26 stations
5.2	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Moment tensor · Reviewed
5.4	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS, automatic first solution	First automatic solution · Confirmed

Tsunami

The USGS flags a quake this large in an oceanic region. The flag does not mean a tsunami happened; the tsunami warning centers decide that, and their messages are below when they issued any.

Current tsunami warnings: tsunami.gov. Warnings in force in the US also appear on our alerts pages.

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: 0.7% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: -1.0 cm/s
Map: Automatic

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

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude: 5.3 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 250°, dip 34°, rake 103°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 54°, dip 57°, rake 81°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.3 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 105°
Stations used: 241

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast67 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i72k (also filed as at00rfwv11, ak0229s9oq5p, usauto6000i72k). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:35 AM UTC.