Alaska earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 80 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 80 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Nov 19, 2018, 1:15 AM AKST (10:15 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 157 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2018-11-19 10:15:00 UTC
Depth
69.6 km (43.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.226° N, 164.034° 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

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Location uncertainty
About 7.5 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
177°
Stations used
37

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hu2k (also filed as ak20380947, ak018eucmnbk). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:32 PM UTC.