Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Dec 10, 2023, 6:20 AM AKST (15:20 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 79 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Dec 10, 2023, 6:20 AM AKST
UTC: 2023-12-10 15:20:47 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.311° N, 160.192° 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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

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 5.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 248°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 15

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast116 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 109.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ll53 (also filed as ak023ft5xe3j). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC.