Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 144 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 144 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 7:47 PM AKDT (03:47 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 Unimak Island region, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.8 (mb), minor
Local time: Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 7:47 PM AKDT
UTC: 2022-09-12 03:47:23 UTC
Depth: 35.1 km (21.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.563° N, 163.149° 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 3.6 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.16
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 170°
Stations used: 32

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast175 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 104.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000i9gj (also filed as ak022bps3wx6). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:54 PM UTC.