M2.2 earthquake 203 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 203 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Sun, Feb 27, 2022, 1:19 PM AKST (22:19 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 184 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-02-27 22:19:37 UTC
- Depth
- 26.7 km (16.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.306° N, 161.457° 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.
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8116 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.2154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1666 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.0184 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1657 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.9222 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.0244 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1647 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.0240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.8224 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1639 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.8195 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.8232 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0222oadtf1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:43 PM UTC.