Alaska earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 46 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 46 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 8:14 AM AKDT (16:14 UTC), 85 km (53 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 82 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.4 (mb), minor
Local time: Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 8:14 AM AKDT
UTC: 2020-07-29 16:14:08 UTC
Depth: 85.1 km (52.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.434° N, 163.366° 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

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 3.9 km horizontally, 10.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.17
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 173°
Stations used: 35

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast97 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 78.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b66g (also filed as ak0209p806nn). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC.