Alaska earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 154 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 154 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 2:28 PM AKDT (22:28 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 2:28 PM AKDT
UTC: 2017-08-10 22:28:05 UTC
Depth: 11.6 km (7.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.471° N, 163.450° 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
4.7	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.032 · 307 stations
4.7	mb, body-wave	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 4.4 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 93°
Stations used: 433

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast170 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 70.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a74n (also filed as ak16493342, ak017a7iklij). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC.