Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 232 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 232 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 2:39 PM AKDT (22:39 UTC), 35 km (22 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
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-09-23 22:39:16 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.846° N, 162.426° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
288°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7213 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.9136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.9142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.9236 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 3.0229 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 3.1194 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.7201 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.4226 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 3.0252 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.8235 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 3.0158 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.9138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 3.0223 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 3.2235 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 3.0157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.9226 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.6152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.7175 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1409 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 3.1226 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.0254 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.8220 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 2.7210 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.8219 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 3.8144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.0226 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ivqj (also filed as ak022c8aa8vq). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:42 AM UTC.