Alaska earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 159 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 159 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 10:03 AM AKST (19:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 150 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.4 (ml), minor
Local time: Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 10:03 AM AKST
UTC: 2023-12-16 19:03:41 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.422° N, 163.377° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 220°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 52

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast176 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 74.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lkm1 (also filed as ak023g35fg46). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC.