Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 22 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 22 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska on Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 9:23 AM AKST (18:23 UTC), 192 km (119 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 62 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-11-20 18:23:11 UTC
Depth
192.2 km (119.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
58.494° N, 156.543° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.2ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
3.0ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.115 · 10 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
152

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ew4z74t (also filed as us7000fvsu). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:08 AM UTC.