Alaska earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 29 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 29 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 4:33 PM AKDT (00:33 UTC), 160 km (99 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-06-28 00:33:29 UTC
Depth
159.7 km (99.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.929° N, 160.757° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.4ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 stations
2.9ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 3.5 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.940 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1192 days ago · 68 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 2.252 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1190 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.128 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1184 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.06 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1177 days ago · 94 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.750 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1176 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 3.218 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.839 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1167 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1165 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1163 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.044 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1163 days ago · 156 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.849 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1163 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 3.1Alaska Peninsula · 1162 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.026 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 150 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1160 days ago · 156 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 3.338 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1157 days ago · 198 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.43 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.737 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1152 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.647 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1152 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.033 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1152 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.061 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 116 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 2.830 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 1.932 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 1.723 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 1.812 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 1.542 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 98 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 3.243 km ENE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 152 km deep · 22 km away
  29. 1.544 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 88 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 2.741 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 141 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 1.712 km NW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 102 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.148 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 1.513 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1194 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.951 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1196 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.351 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1196 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 3.042 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1196 days ago · 182 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.952 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1197 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 1199 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.87 km NW of Perryville, Alaska · 1200 days ago · 109 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.944 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1206 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.613 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.047 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 86 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.834 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.347 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1216 days ago · 164 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.634 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.862 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 144 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.833 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 3.148 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 173 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kp98 (also filed as ak023881e9bf). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:58 PM UTC.