Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 71 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 71 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska on Wed, Mar 2, 2022, 2:42 PM AKST (23:42 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 72 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Mar 2, 2022, 2:42 PM AKST
UTC: 2022-03-02 23:42:40 UTC
Depth: 125.6 km (78.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 53.793° N, 167.623° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 161°
Stations used: 41

Nearest places

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

Dutch Harbor, AlaskaPopulation 4,376. Forecast72 kmW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 106.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h00a (also filed as ak0222t9q8e8). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:20 AM UTC.