Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 33 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 33 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Dec 27, 2022, 6:56 PM AKST (03:56 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 Unimak Island region, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 1.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Tue, Dec 27, 2022, 6:56 PM AKST
UTC: 2022-12-28 03:56:11 UTC
Depth: 23.2 km (14.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.750° N, 163.899° 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

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Stations used: 24

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast107 kmWSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 112 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 112.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022gmqnyl8 (also filed as av91739276). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC.