Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 190 km SSE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 190 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Tue, May 10, 2022, 7:21 AM HADT (16:21 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-05-10 16:21:19 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
50.641° N, 173.059° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 9.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
316°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
8

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0128 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.3216 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.8187 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.0198 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.8126 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.1208 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 3.2221 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.9133 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.2147 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.5204 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 2.1142 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.1170 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.5117 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.2110 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.9137 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1576 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.2229 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1575 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.1217 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1575 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 1.7136 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1575 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.6100 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1574 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.8182 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1570 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 2.9184 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1567 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 2.4143 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1567 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 3.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1564 days ago · 198 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1559 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 2.9235 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1557 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1557 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 2.5113 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1555 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.5157 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1552 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 2.3149 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1549 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 2.6147 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1547 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 1.8124 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1546 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 1.9188 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1546 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 1.9106 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1545 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 3.0108 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1545 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 1.8103 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1545 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.7128 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1545 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 1.7120 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1545 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 2.1164 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.1184 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.3186 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 3.1185 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.7211 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.3175 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 2.1150 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.8160 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.3145 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.6123 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hyxp (also filed as ak0225z9iljh). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC.