Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 195 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 195 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Apr 18, 2022, 10:53 PM AKDT (06:53 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
2022-04-19 06:53:01 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.234° N, 162.276° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
242°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.0108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.8225 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 3.0164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 3.5141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.7156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.9209 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 3.0215 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.6154 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.8178 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 3.9237 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.3231 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 1.8101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.0175 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 1.7105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.2229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.6115 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1578 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.6113 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1577 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 3.5155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1573 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 2.1185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1572 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 2.5142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1571 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 1.996 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1571 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 2.2248 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1570 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 2.8south of Alaska · 1569 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 2.695 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1567 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 2.6172 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.8224 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.898 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.0240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.8104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.1154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.8238 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.898 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1650 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 3.0184 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hfzp (also filed as ak02250dgsp3). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:41 PM UTC.