M2.5 earthquake 26 km SW of Salcha, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 26 km SW of Salcha, Alaska on Fri, Jun 3, 2022, 9:02 PM AKDT (05:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 39 km S of South Van Horn, 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 · ±0.052 · 48 stations

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02274fagsc (also filed as us7000hev0). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.