M2.6 earthquake 74 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 74 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Mar 27, 2022, 4:48 PM AKDT (00:48 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 40 km SSE 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
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-28 00:48:30 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.294° N, 162.791° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 215°, 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: 180 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1645 days ago · 89 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1645 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1644 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1643 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1643 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.341 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.532 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.9113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.946 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.032 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.799 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1639 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1639 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.929 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.623 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.627 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.731 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.077 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.689 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.898 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.093 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.99 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.840 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.724 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.942 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.831 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.730 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.694 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.052 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.122 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 112 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.927 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 134 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.944 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.045 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.842 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.077 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.845 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.921 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1630 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1630 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.823 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 164 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.173 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.639 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 87 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.999 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.862 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9108 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.8Alaska Peninsula · 1627 days ago · 81 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of 180.
Before
- 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.525 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1647 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1647 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.798 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1647 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.719 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 145 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.197 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.898 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.946 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.743 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1650 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.845 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1650 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.847 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1651 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.950 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1651 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.661 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1651 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.658 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.5104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.763 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.941 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.194 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h8es (also filed as ak0223zw1jnd). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC.