M2.8 earthquake 50 km SSE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 50 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Fri, Oct 7, 2022, 10:30 AM HADT (19:30 UTC), 35 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-07 19:30:16 UTC
- Depth
- 34.6 km (21.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.807° N, 173.829° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 13.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 286°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.051 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.963 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.072 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.941 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.772 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.636 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.166 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.948 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.134 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.6131 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.142 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.692 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.942 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.951 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 187 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.6119 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.688 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.986 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.840 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.850 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.847 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.590 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.686 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.579 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.234 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 187 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.854 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.855 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.977 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.982 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.7105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.883 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2106 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.199 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.2102 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.085 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.997 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.985 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.8107 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.791 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.3100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3101 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.296 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.5110 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.376 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.594 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.092 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.291 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.288 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1101 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9105 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of 139.
Before
- 1.762 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 101 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.248 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.758 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.126 km E of Atka, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 129 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.856 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 63 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.211 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 160 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.736 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 61 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.872 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.639 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.186 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.059 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.074 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.19 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 170 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.059 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.043 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 85 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5131 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.679 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.732 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ilpl (also filed as ak022cvdyvgr). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:40 AM UTC.