M2.5 earthquake 88 km N of Akutan, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 88 km N of Akutan, Alaska on Thu, Dec 8, 2022, 1:14 AM AKST (10:14 UTC), 153 km (95 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 62 km N of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-08 10:14:07 UTC
- Depth
- 152.8 km (95.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.928° N, 165.751° 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 14.0 km horizontally, 27.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 196°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.762 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 160 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 179 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.686 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 135 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.956 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 106 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.35 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 125 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.560 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 206 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.67 km SW of Akutan, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 3.496 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 232 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.348 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.914 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.370 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1412 days ago · 122 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.314 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.334 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 98 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jay4 (also filed as ak022fpru1oc). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:12 PM UTC.