Alaska earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 52 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 52 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Oct 10, 2023, 6:14 AM AKDT (14:14 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 32 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.4 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Oct 10, 2023, 6:14 AM AKDT
UTC: 2023-10-10 14:14:54 UTC
Depth: 12.5 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.629° N, 162.703° 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
3.4	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations
3.2	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 2.1 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 192°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 20

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast54 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 138 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 138.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000l62k (also filed as ak023d09iedx). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:16 PM UTC.