M2.2 earthquake 168 km SSE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 168 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 1:28 PM HADT (22:28 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 87 km SSE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-13 22:28:37 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.807° N, 173.244° 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.
- Stations used
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1173 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6124 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.297 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.196 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9101 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.9186 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.3157 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.0142 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.184 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0100 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2205 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2200 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.785 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.0202 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.590 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.2102 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.4130 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.3169 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7144 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.781 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.087 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.269 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7143 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.5131 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3146 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.072 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 1.8121 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.7136 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1166 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8156 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.6100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9132 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6121 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5150 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.697 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8110 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8140 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.389 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5191 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.082 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8109 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.890 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.6118 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.9199 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.682 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
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