M3.3 earthquake 223 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 223 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, May 26, 2022, 2:48 PM AKDT (22:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-26 22:48:32 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.872° N, 158.129° 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.071 · 26 stations |
| 3.0 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
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 3.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 219°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9215 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.6139 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.2153 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1200 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.1173 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1579 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6170 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1566 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9178 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1563 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3south of Alaska · 1555 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.0145 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1552 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.1234 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1539 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hcve (also filed as ak0226ptulj9). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC.