Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 27 km W of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 27 km W of Hope, Alaska on Tue, Aug 30, 2022, 12:57 PM AKDT (20:57 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 13 km NNE of Houston, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Tue, Aug 30, 2022, 12:57 PM AKDT
UTC: 2022-08-30 20:57:16 UTC
Depth: 39.6 km (24.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 60.934° N, 150.141° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 2
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.026 · 194 stations

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used: 105

Nearest places

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

Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast34 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 193 in the 60 days after this one and 117 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 193.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022b4kawne (also filed as us7000i3t1). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:07 AM UTC.