Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 28 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 28 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska on Sat, Nov 19, 2022, 10:47 AM AKST (19:47 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 82 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Nov 19, 2022, 10:47 AM AKST
UTC: 2022-11-19 19:47:21 UTC
Depth: 76.3 km (47.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 53.640° N, 166.375° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 17.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 193°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 17

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast28 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 174.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ispd (also filed as ak022eui6gd3). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC.