Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 31 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 31 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, May 30, 2022, 8:25 AM AKDT (16:25 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 117 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 1.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Mon, May 30, 2022, 8:25 AM AKDT
UTC: 2022-05-30 16:25:54 UTC
Depth: 13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.578° N, 163.313° 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: 32

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast83 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 92 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 ak0226wcagte (also filed as av91060838). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC.