Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 17 km N of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 17 km N of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Dec 7, 2022, 8:00 PM AKST (05:00 UTC), 165 km (103 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 Unimak Island region, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.2 (mb), minor
Local time: Wed, Dec 7, 2022, 8:00 PM AKST
UTC: 2022-12-08 05:00:50 UTC
Depth: 165.3 km (102.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.009° N, 163.462° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.28
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 116°
Stations used: 56

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast73 kmW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 72.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jawg (also filed as ak022fporyvj). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC.