Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 47 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 47 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 12:16 PM AKST (21:16 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 93 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ml), minor
Local time: Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 12:16 PM AKST
UTC: 2023-01-23 21:16:22 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.947° N, 160.209° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.08
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 216°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 27

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast47 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 105 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 124.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jm4e (also filed as ak02312dyk6w). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:14 AM UTC.