Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 18 km N of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 18 km N of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, May 28, 2022, 2:35 PM AKDT (22:35 UTC), 168 km (104 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 70 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, May 28, 2022, 2:35 PM AKDT
UTC: 2022-05-28 22:35:51 UTC
Depth: 168.0 km (104.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.021° N, 163.389° 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 10.3 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 164°
Stations used: 22

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast68 kmW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 98.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hteg (also filed as ak0226t4uis7). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC.