Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Dec 24, 2022, 12:24 AM AKST (09:24 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Dec 24, 2022, 12:24 AM AKST
UTC: 2022-12-24 09:24:01 UTC
Depth: 15.2 km (9.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.767° N, 162.874° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 11.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 205°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 19

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast148 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 162.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j54k (also filed as ak022gg7wamc). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC.