M2.8 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 11:48 PM AKST (08:48 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 44 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.055 · 44 stations

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022eso3jfo (also filed as us7000iqmt). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC.