M2.9 earthquake 31 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 31 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada on Tue, Nov 29, 2022, 6:29 PM AKST (03:29 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 67 km SSW of Haines Junction, Canada. 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
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.051 · 50 stations
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j5p9 (also filed as ak022fcfghdq). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:32 PM UTC.