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M 2.2ml

Earthquake near Haines, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Haines in the 24 hours to 8:00 am AKST (17:00 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 17 km (10 mi) southwest of Haines, AK, at 6:20 am AKDT on 1 November 2022 (14:20 UTC), 2.0 km deep.

USGS: 16 km W of Mud Bay, Alaska

6:20 am AKDT, Nov 1, 2022 · · 2.0 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Haines Borough 6 kmSkagway Municipality 51 kmHoonah-Angoon Census Area 82 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
6:20 am AKDT on 1 November 2022 ()
Where
17 km (10 mi) southwest of Haines, AK · earthquakes near Haines
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
2.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Haines Borough, 6 km SE
Nearest mapped fault
Denali fault, 12 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1456 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, 17 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.

Likely felt in: Haines 17 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.9 41 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 44 km W of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 23 km SSE of Mud Bay, Alaska · 31 km SE 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 59.1333, -135.6574. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Haines Borough, AK 6 km (4 mi) SE earthquakes near Haines Borough
Skagway Municipality, AK 51 km (32 mi) NNE earthquakes near Skagway Municipality
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK 82 km (51 mi) S earthquakes near Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
Juneau City and Borough, AK 120 km (75 mi) SE earthquakes near Juneau City and Borough

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 3 km NNW of Klukwan, Alaska
  2. 2.9 40 km WSW of Haines, Alaska
  3. 2.3 11 km WSW of Lutak, Alaska
  4. 1.5 3 km SSW of Mud Bay, Alaska
  5. 3.0 5 km WSW of Haines, Alaska
  6. 1.8 21 km NW of Skagway, Alaska
  7. 1.9 25 km S of Mud Bay, Alaska
  8. 1.8 49 km NNW of Gustavus, Alaska
  9. 1.8 44 km S of Covenant Life, Alaska
  10. 2.1 8 km ENE of Klukwan, Alaska
  11. 1.5 28 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
  12. 2.0 31 km S of Covenant Life, Alaska
  13. 1.5 42 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
  14. 2.0 6 km SSW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska
  15. 1.5 34 km WSW of Mud Bay, 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.

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