Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 87 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 87 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 12:49 PM AKST (21:49 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 88 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.6 (mb), minor
Local time: Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 12:49 PM AKST
UTC: 2020-11-19 21:49:10 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.233° N, 162.575° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 189°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 122

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast93 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 124.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000crp6 (also filed as ak020ew6x2c4). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:28 AM UTC.