Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 89 km SE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 89 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Sun, Dec 27, 2015, 6:21 PM AKST (03:21 UTC), 46 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 169 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.6 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Dec 27, 2015, 6:21 PM AKST
UTC: 2015-12-28 03:21:54 UTC
Depth: 45.6 km (28.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.573° N, 164.798° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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
3.6	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.249 · 4 stations
3.4	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

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 6.3 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.25
Stations used: 23

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast89 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 107.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004bcd (also filed as ak015gmqgjud, ak12318792). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC.