Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Nov 24, 2022, 2:17 AM AKST (11:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.6 (ml), minor
Local time: Thu, Nov 24, 2022, 2:17 AM AKST
UTC: 2022-11-24 11:17:29 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.962° N, 162.722° 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, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.07
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 161°
Stations used: 54

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast125 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 190 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 190.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000is1c (also filed as ak022f2mxbje). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC.