Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 11:49 PM AKDT (07:49 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 40 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-04-15 07:49:45 UTC
Depth
81.0 km (50.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.740° N, 162.659° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.8mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.17 · 9 stations
3.8mb, body-waveAlaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 6.2 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
151°
Stations used
116

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 176.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h2g4 (also filed as ak0224trw2qm). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC.