M2.7 earthquake 124 km N of Akutan, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 124 km N of Akutan, Alaska on Tue, May 31, 2022, 9:59 PM AKDT (05:59 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 75 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-06-01 05:59:24 UTC
- Depth
- 113.9 km (70.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 55.239° N, 165.537° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 25.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 214°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.875 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1563 days ago · 120 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.079 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 1557 days ago · 103 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.183 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 154 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.240 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 151 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 1.849 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 122 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.645 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.744 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.828 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 122 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.669 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 178 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 154 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.683 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 203 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.071 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 112 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i6m9 (also filed as ak0226zh0ma9). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:36 AM UTC.