Alaska earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 78 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 78 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska on Sat, Jul 29, 2023, 2:40 AM AKDT (10:40 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.0 (mb), light
Local time: Sat, Jul 29, 2023, 2:40 AM AKDT
UTC: 2023-07-29 10:40:50 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.512° N, 165.215° W
Region: Alaska
Strongest shaking: III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: III, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 0.2% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: -3.5 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

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 2.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.23
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 179°
Stations used: 56

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast78 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 162.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kwjs (also filed as ak0239nh1wav). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:54 PM UTC.