December 23, 1906 Earthquake: Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States on December 23, 1906 at 17:22 UTC.
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
- December 23, 1906
- Time
- 17:22 UTC
- Place
- Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 56.850° N, 153.900° W
- Country
- United States
- Region
- North America and Hawaii
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #542 Stover, Carl W., and Jerry L. Coffman (1993). Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised), U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 418 p.
- #88 Duda, Seweryn J. (1965). Secular seismic energy release in the circum-Pacific belt. Tectonophysics, vol. 2, no. 5, p. 409-452. DOI:10.1016/0040-1951(65)90035-1
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- October 9, 1900, Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States
- July 21, 1788, Unga Island, Alaska Peninsula, United States
- March 11, 1970, Andreanof Islands, Alaska, United States
- November 7, 1912, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, United States
- 1792, Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States
- January 27, 1854, Gulf of Alaska, Alaska, United States
- September 29, 1880, Alaska Peninsula, United States
- September 5, 1866, Kodiak Island, AK, Alaska, United States
More
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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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 2796.