Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 33 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 33 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska on Mon, Sep 26, 2022, 8:41 AM AKDT (16:41 UTC), 80 km (50 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: 3.2 (ml), minor
Local time: Mon, Sep 26, 2022, 8:41 AM AKDT
UTC: 2022-09-26 16:41:57 UTC
Depth: 80.3 km (49.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 53.654° N, 166.891° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 177°
Stations used: 34

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast34 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 144.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000iw6t (also filed as ak022cd5c7dx). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:56 AM UTC.