Alaska earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 99 km S of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 99 km S of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 1:24 PM HADT (22:24 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 83 km ESE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 1:24 PM HADT
UTC: 2022-10-28 22:24:05 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.301° N, 174.306° W
Region: Alaska
Strongest shaking: I, not felt shaking
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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.1	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.069 · 57 stations
4.1	mb, body-wave	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: I, not felt shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 0.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: -3.9 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

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 5.9 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.07
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 95°
Stations used: 74

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 143.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000il2a (also filed as ak022du605ni). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC.