Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 35 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 35 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Mar 2, 2022, 4:19 AM AKST (13:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 44 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Mar 2, 2022, 4:19 AM AKST
UTC: 2022-03-02 13:19:55 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.538° N, 163.458° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 169°
Stations used: 20

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast93 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 161.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h1lc (also filed as av91050793, ak0222t3n00e). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:16 PM UTC.