Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 46 km SE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 46 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 9:13 AM AKDT (17:13 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 76 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 9:13 AM AKDT
UTC: 2023-10-11 17:13:16 UTC
Depth: 108.9 km (67.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 53.839° N, 165.268° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 11.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 189°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 29

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast47 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 111.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000leyf (also filed as ak023d1yts3a). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:12 PM UTC.