Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 83 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 83 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 6:58 PM AKST (03:58 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 76 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.2 (ml), minor
Local time: Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 6:58 PM AKST
UTC: 2023-12-28 03:58:54 UTC
Depth: 19.8 km (12.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.308° N, 162.516° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 208°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 23

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast85 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 119.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m4al (also filed as ak023gmqoh9t). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:30 AM UTC.