M2.9 earthquake 236 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 236 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 6:34 PM AKDT (02:34 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 235 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-26 02:34:15 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.955° N, 161.780° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 223°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1south of Alaska · 1442 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7238 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.0252 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.8235 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.0158 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.0223 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.2235 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.0157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 2.9232 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.1226 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.0254 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.8220 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8219 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.0226 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000iw58 (also filed as ak022ccwyjsu). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:37 AM UTC.