Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Tue, Nov 29, 2022, 2:44 PM AKST (23:44 UTC), 154 km (96 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 58 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Tue, Nov 29, 2022, 2:44 PM AKST
UTC: 2022-11-29 23:44:33 UTC
Depth: 153.9 km (95.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.342° N, 162.091° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.08
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 133°
Stations used: 25

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast34 kmNNE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 62.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j9e1 (also filed as ak022fb3x1ip). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:26 AM UTC.