Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 45 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 45 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 11:54 PM AKST (08:54 UTC), 179 km (111 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 89 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 11:54 PM AKST
UTC: 2023-11-19 08:54:00 UTC
Depth: 178.6 km (110.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.674° N, 164.048° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 164°
Stations used: 22

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast119 kmWSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 86.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lgin (also filed as ak023eubo564). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:35 AM UTC.