Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 31 km N of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 31 km N of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 4:05 AM AKST (13:05 UTC), 181 km (113 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 41 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 4:05 AM AKST
UTC: 2022-02-13 13:05:50 UTC
Depth: 181.1 km (112.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.133° N, 163.477° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.08
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 155°
Stations used: 26

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast74 kmW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 111.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h26b (also filed as ak02220zf368). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:23 AM UTC.