Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 85 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 85 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 9:33 AM AKST (18:33 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 117 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 9:33 AM AKST
UTC: 2022-03-12 18:33:42 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.122° N, 166.797° 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 2.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 207°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 39

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast85 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 116 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 159.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h2e4 (also filed as ak02239q2ly4). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC.