August 11, 1900 Earthquake: SE. Alaska, Alaska, United States
An earthquake struck SE. Alaska, Alaska, United States on August 11, 1900 at 04:40:00 UTC. It killed 5 people, counting the tsunami it caused.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- August 11, 1900
- Time
- 04:40:00 UTC
- Place
- SE. Alaska, Alaska, United States
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 58.600° N, 137.500° W
- Country
- United States
The toll
- Deaths
- 5 with its tsunami and other effects
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 10, 1958, Lituya Bay, Alaska, United States
- July 25, 2014, Southeastern, Alaska, United States
- October 24, 1927, SE Alaska, Alaska, United States
- May 1, 2017, British Columbia, Skagway, Canada, Alaska
- September 24, 1907, Skagway, Alaska, United States
- October 26, 1880, Southeastern, Alaska, United States
More
Significant earthquakes of 1900The 1900sEvery quake the USGS located in 1900Recent earthquakes near hereThis day in weather history
Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 6231.