M3.0 earthquake 240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Apr 5, 2022, 11:01 AM AKDT (19:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 237 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-04-05 19:01:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.818° N, 162.202° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 236°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8224 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.8195 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1624 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.8225 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.8178 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.9237 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.3231 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.2229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 2.8238 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.5262 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.0184 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1653 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.4211 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1658 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hmf4 (also filed as ak0224dfdi65). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC.