Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 47 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 47 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska on Thu, Jul 14, 2022, 1:37 PM AKDT (21:37 UTC), 173 km (108 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 58 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.1 (ml), minor
Local time: Thu, Jul 14, 2022, 1:37 PM AKDT
UTC: 2022-07-14 21:37:05 UTC
Depth: 173.3 km (107.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.297° N, 163.445° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 188°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 18

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast76 kmWNW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 69.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i2ih (also filed as ak0228yuim8f). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC.