Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 65 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 65 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Wed, Sep 7, 2022, 11:40 PM AKDT (07:40 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 83 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-09-08 07:40:01 UTC
Depth
24.5 km (15.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.469° N, 165.811° 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.

Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 156 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.684 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.176 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 3.070 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.922 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 111 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.677 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.788 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.910 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.849 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.671 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 3.616 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.0103 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 3.585 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.763 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.940 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.968 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.761 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 56 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 3.496 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 1.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 1.677 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 2.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 75 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 1.521 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 1.5113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 1.756 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.2121 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.89 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 1.863 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 1.982 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 1.514 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 2.887 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 1.690 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.128 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 106 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 1.574 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 1.757 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 2.182 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 37 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 3.233 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 3.070 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  40. 3.151 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 51 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 1.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 87 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 2.05 km N of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 1.716 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 2.818 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 1.518 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 2.861 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 1.667 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 22 km deep · 2 km away
  48. 1.982 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 3.220 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 2.2116 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 1.873 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 1.866 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 2.063 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 58 km deep · 23 km away
  54. 2.774 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 1.67 km N of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 1.834 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 63 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 3.477 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 48 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 2.613 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.952 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of 156.

Before

  1. 1.767 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.877 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.074 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.958 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 44 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 3.665 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 35 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 2.259 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.366 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 36 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.973 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 3.768 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 3.476 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.672 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 1.774 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 1.978 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.759 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 37 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 1.8159 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.6117 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.877 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.882 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 3.041 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 1.756 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022bj8alwt. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:35 PM UTC.