Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 226 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 226 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Aug 27, 2022, 4:04 AM AKDT (12:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 144 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2022-08-27 12:04:35 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.846° N, 162.813° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
242°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6146 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.0148 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 3.8144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.8219 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.7210 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.8220 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.7132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.8129 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.6131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 3.1226 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.6152 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.9232 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 2.7213 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.9136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.9142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.9236 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 3.0229 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 3.1194 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 3.7201 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 2.4226 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 3.2158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.1152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 3.0252 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 2.6131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 2.6206 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.9193 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.2228 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.6244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.5240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.6231 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000iqx4 (also filed as ak022azgm2vz). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC.