Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 184 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 184 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Mar 20, 2022, 11:19 AM AKDT (19:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 228 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2022-03-20 19:19:14 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.389° N, 162.074° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
268°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.898 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.197 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.8238 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1645 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.8104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 3.0240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.689 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.898 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.8224 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.6172 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.8195 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1624 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.0108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1612 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.195 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.8225 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 4.2228 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.891 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 3.5141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.587 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.7156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 2.9209 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 3.0215 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 2.8178 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away

Before

  1. 2.4211 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1659 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.891 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.0114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.6102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.2154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.996 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1665 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1666 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.8116 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 2.2203 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 27 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.2117 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.7159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.9141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.9196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h6at (also filed as ak0223myvr5a). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:35 AM UTC.