Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 50 km W of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 50 km W of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Nov 21, 2023, 8:55 PM AKST (05:55 UTC), 190 km (118 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
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2023-11-22 05:55:59 UTC
Depth
190.2 km (118.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.933° N, 164.181° 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

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Location uncertainty
About 11.8 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
162°
Stations used
28

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lgy2 (also filed as ak023ez8ibyu). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC.