Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 206 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 206 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Aug 20, 2022, 3:48 PM AKDT (23:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 Unimak Island region, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-08-20 23:48:27 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.054° N, 162.624° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
260°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.0226 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 1.9120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.8120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.6146 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 3.8144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.8219 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.7210 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.8220 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.0121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.7132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.6119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.8129 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.6131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.8118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 3.1226 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.7126 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.6152 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.9232 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 2.7213 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.9136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 1.9142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 2.9236 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 3.0229 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 3.1194 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 3.7201 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 2.4226 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 4.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 3.2158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 2.2228 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.6244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.8123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.5240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.6231 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.2132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ipvw (also filed as ak022ao2nu22). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 4:59 PM UTC.