M2.7 earthquake 159 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 159 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 1:01 PM AKST (22:01 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 85 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 85.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gx1t (also filed as ak0222ho4jrb). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC.