Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 102 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 102 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, May 22, 2019, 3:08 AM AKDT (11:08 UTC), 250 km (155 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mb), minor
Local time
UTC
2019-05-22 11:08:13 UTC
Depth
249.5 km (155.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.063° N, 164.971° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
96

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003vjr (also filed as ak0196j0wspq). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:59 AM UTC.