Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 220 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 220 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Sep 16, 2022, 8:55 AM AKDT (16:55 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 201 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-09-16 16:55:37 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.942° N, 162.510° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
258°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.7132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.8129 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.6131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.1226 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.7126 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.9232 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.7213 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.9136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.9142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.9236 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 3.0229 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 3.1194 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 3.7201 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.4226 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 3.2158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 3.0252 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.8235 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 3.0158 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 3.1131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 2.9138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 2.9127 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 3.0223 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 3.2235 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 3.0157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 2.9226 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.6152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 2.7210 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.8219 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 3.8144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 3.0226 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 2.6206 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000iug2 (also filed as ak022bwm1p24). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:49 AM UTC.