Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 238 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 238 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 12:12 PM AKDT (20:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 237 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-03-25 20:12:10 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.734° N, 162.844° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
276°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.3232 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.0240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.8224 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.7191 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.6172 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.8195 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1624 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 3.0205 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.8225 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 3.0164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.1234 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.7156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.2198 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 2.8178 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.5183 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 3.9237 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.3231 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 2.5262 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 3.0184 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1653 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.4211 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1658 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.2154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.8216 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.8223 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 2.7159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h853 (also filed as ak0223v94f5y). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC.