Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 121 km SSE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 121 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 12:59 AM HADT (09:59 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 187 km S of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-07-13 09:59:18 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.229° N, 173.369° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
218°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
21

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 115.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000i3th (also filed as ak0228wzyxr9). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:34 AM UTC.