Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 41 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 41 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 2:57 PM AKDT (22:57 UTC), 82 km (51 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: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 2:57 PM AKDT
UTC: 2022-06-10 22:57:30 UTC
Depth: 82.1 km (51.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.514° N, 163.146° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 19.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 172°
Stations used: 19

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast81 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 165 in the 60 days after this one and 95 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 165.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i83r (also filed as ak0227emyozc). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:35 PM UTC.