Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 24 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 24 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Jan 29, 2022, 9:12 PM AKST (06:12 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 31 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 1.5 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Jan 29, 2022, 9:12 PM AKST
UTC: 2022-01-30 06:12:24 UTC
Depth: 12.8 km (8.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.639° N, 163.505° 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

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Stations used: 21

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast89 kmWSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 142 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 142.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0221dprmwe (also filed as av91048253). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:57 AM UTC.