Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 23 km NW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 23 km NW of Atka, Alaska on Tue, May 17, 2022, 11:10 PM HADT (08:10 UTC), 208 km (129 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.1 (ml), minor
Local time: Tue, May 17, 2022, 11:10 PM HADT
UTC: 2022-05-18 08:10:14 UTC
Depth: 207.6 km (129.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 52.312° N, 174.479° 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 19.2 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 168°
Stations used: 14

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 199.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i2x0 (also filed as ak0226cczjg5). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC.