Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 42 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 42 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 10:29 PM AKST (07:29 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 33 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 10:29 PM AKST
UTC: 2020-12-11 07:29:57 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.489° N, 163.251° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 192°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 38

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast87 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 102.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000csl1 (also filed as ak020fwcagad). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 8:51 AM UTC.