M2.5 earthquake 29 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 29 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska on Mon, Sep 5, 2022, 3:29 AM AKDT (11:29 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 41 km W of Cohoe, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.031 · 134 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 198.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022bec02fk (also filed as us7000i5cg). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:10 AM UTC.