Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Sun, Jun 26, 2022, 12:09 PM AKDT (20:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 Alaska Peninsula. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Jun 26, 2022, 12:09 PM AKDT
UTC: 2022-06-26 20:09:47 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.331° N, 161.420° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 259°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 12

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast100 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 133.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ibgg (also filed as ak02285234tf). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:31 AM UTC.