Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Mon, Feb 27, 2023, 11:20 PM AKST (08:20 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 32 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.2 (ml), micro
Local time: Mon, Feb 27, 2023, 11:20 PM AKST
UTC: 2023-02-28 08:20:56 UTC
Depth: 1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 56.909° N, 158.099° 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: 23

Nearest places

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

Naknek, AlaskaPopulation 544. Forecast212 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 153.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0232pplcof (also filed as av91091643). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:19 PM UTC.