QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2ml

Earthquake near Haines, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Haines in the 24 hours to 6:23 pm AKST (03:23 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 60 km (37 mi) NW, at 3:19 am AKDT on 8 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Haines

This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 47 km (29 mi) southwest of Haines, AK, at 12:33 am AKDT on 29 June 2022 (08:33 UTC), 4.9 km deep.

USGS: 43 km SW of Mud Bay, Alaska

12:33 am AKDT, Jun 29, 2022 · · 4.9 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Haines Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Haines Borough 31 kmHoonah-Angoon Census Area 59 kmSkagway Municipality 80 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
12:33 am AKDT on 29 June 2022 ()
Where
47 km (29 mi) southwest of Haines, AK · earthquakes near Haines
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
4.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Haines Borough, 31 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1543 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 18 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In Haines, 47 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2021-07-08 — about 2,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.9 41 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 31 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 63 km SW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 43 km W of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 23 km SSE of Mud Bay, Alaska · 43 km E of this epicentre
  4. 5.0 66 km NNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 42 km WSW of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 58.9264, -135.9936. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Haines Borough, AK 31 km (19 mi) NE earthquakes near Haines Borough
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK 59 km (36 mi) S earthquakes near Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
Skagway Municipality, AK 80 km (50 mi) NNE earthquakes near Skagway Municipality
Juneau City and Borough, AK 122 km (76 mi) ESE earthquakes near Juneau City and Borough

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.7 47 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
  2. 2.0 Southeastern Alaska
  3. 1.9 53 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
  4. 2.0 51 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
  5. 1.9 52 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
  6. 1.6 51 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
  7. 1.8 52 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
  8. 2.4 52 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
  9. 5.1 50 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
  10. 1.8 51 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
  11. 2.4 22 km SW of Covenant Life, Alaska
  12. 1.7 Southeastern Alaska
  13. 2.4 22 km SW of Covenant Life, Alaska
  14. 1.9 54 km NW of Gustavus, Alaska
  15. 1.8 24 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.