Alaska earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 162 km W of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 162 km W of Nikolski, Alaska on Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 6:17 PM HADT (03:17 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 6:17 PM HADT
UTC: 2023-10-12 03:17:39 UTC
Depth: 117.1 km (72.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 52.818° N, 171.260° W
Region: Alaska
Strongest shaking: III, weak shaking
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
4.3	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.058 · 83 stations
4.1	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

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: -3.0 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 9.2 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.06
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 136°
Stations used: 102

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lez7 (also filed as ak023d3e1xl1, ak023d3e1xs3). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:35 AM UTC.