Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Feb 13, 2022, 12:55 AM AKST (09:55 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 79 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-02-13 09:55:57 UTC
Depth
25.9 km (16.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.439° N, 159.689° W
Region
Alaska
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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.0ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.081 · 20 stations
2.8ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 6.4 km horizontally, 11.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
223°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 158 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 158.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h268 (also filed as ak02220xc2sv). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:51 AM UTC.