Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Sun, May 15, 2022, 2:59 AM AKDT (10:59 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 110 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, May 15, 2022, 2:59 AM AKDT
UTC: 2022-05-15 10:59:29 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.673° N, 160.384° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 11.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.07
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 189°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 27

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast74 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 123 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i2jb (also filed as ak02267fuw7a). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC.