M3.0 earthquake 244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Mar 19, 2017, 2:01 PM AKDT (22:01 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 227 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-19 22:01:04 UTC
- Depth
- 17.6 km (10.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.866° N, 161.821° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 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 9.9 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4south of Alaska · 3483 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.5178 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.5227 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.2218 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.1232 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7211 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.8200 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008u65 (also filed as ak15614945, ak0173ld0tve). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:29 AM UTC.