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 Wed, Aug 31, 2022, 6:43 AM AKDT (14:43 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 32 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-08-31 14:43:23 UTC
Depth
11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.492° N, 163.241° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
171°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 145.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000irx0 (also filed as ak022b646o1q). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:57 PM UTC.