M1.7 earthquake 28 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 28 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Jul 19, 2022, 12:43 AM AKDT (08:43 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 58 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
1.7	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
1.96	ML, local (Richter)	AV	Final · ±0.446896210290889 · 9 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 143.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02296wi3ng (also filed as av91066428). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:23 PM UTC.