M2.6 earthquake 23 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 23 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jul 28, 2022, 5:33 AM AKDT (13:33 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 58 km WNW of Cold Bay, 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
- 2022-07-28 13:33:12 UTC
- Depth
- 24.9 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.653° N, 163.298° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 187°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.992 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.831 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.684 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.586 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.793 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.7111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.822 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 112 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.544 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.530 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.868 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.739 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.763 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.723 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.032 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.749 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.948 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 64 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.785 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.8114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.538 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.577 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.792 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.888 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.768 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 69 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.554 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.623 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.963 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.656 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.721 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.798 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.248 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 101 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.576 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.610 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 93 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.985 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.8107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.788 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 82 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.160 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 132 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.544 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.397 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.558 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 172 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.040 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 180 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.821 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 140 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.891 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.659 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.529 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
The first 60 of 124.
Before
- 1.746 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.633 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.933 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.687 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.933 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.190 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.945 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.825 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.584 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.614 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.690 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1529 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.726 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.986 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.486 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.947 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 58 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000i85g (also filed as ak0229lv99io). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:31 AM UTC.