M3.8 earthquake 72 km N of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 72 km N of Nikolski, Alaska on Sat, Nov 26, 2022, 12:15 PM AKST (21:15 UTC), 240 km (149 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. 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
3.8	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.154 · 11 stations
3.8	mb, body-wave	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j8bx (also filed as ak022f63xyg3). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:36 AM UTC.