Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 84 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 84 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 2:59 PM AKDT (22:59 UTC), 62 km (39 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: 3.2 (ml), minor
Local time: Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 2:59 PM AKDT
UTC: 2022-09-12 22:59:59 UTC
Depth: 62.4 km (38.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.156° N, 163.929° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.08
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 180°
Stations used: 28

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast120 kmE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 161.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000itt7 (also filed as ak022bq3ht35). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:17 AM UTC.