Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 88 km W of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 88 km W of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Apr 17, 2022, 12:28 AM AKDT (08:28 UTC), 163 km (101 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 84 km E of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Apr 17, 2022, 12:28 AM AKDT
UTC: 2022-04-17 08:28:34 UTC
Depth: 162.6 km (101.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.763° N, 164.781° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 180°
Stations used: 39

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast95 kmNE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 108.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000heiu (also filed as ak0224x3fofh). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:07 PM UTC.