Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 44 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 44 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Jul 31, 2022, 10:51 PM AKDT (06:51 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 32 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-08-01 06:51:28 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.465° N, 163.231° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
193°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 141.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000i84m (also filed as ak0229sdcil4). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:58 PM UTC.