Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Oct 6, 2023, 12:41 AM AKDT (08:41 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 94 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.8 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Fri, Oct 6, 2023, 12:41 AM AKDT
UTC: 2023-10-06 08:41:50 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.390° N, 159.673° W
Region: Alaska
Strongest shaking: I, not felt 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
3.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.091 · 16 stations
3.4	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: I, not felt shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 0.1% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: -4.0 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 6.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 218°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 44

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast118 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 125.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lesl (also filed as ak023ctjy6l4). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC.