List of earthquakes in Alaska

This is an incomplete list of earthquakes in Alaska.

Date	MMI	Mag.	Coordinates	Depth	Deaths	Injuries	Comments	Ref
2021-07-28	VIII	8.2 Mw	55°28′26″N157°55′01″W / 55.474°N 157.917°W / 55.474; -157.917	32.2 km			Limited damage / Tsunami	[1]
2020-10-19	VII	7.6 Mw	54°40′N159°41′W / 54.66°N 159.68°W / 54.66; -159.68	33.3 km			Tsunami
2020-07-22	VII	7.8 Mw	59°37′N153°20′W / 59.61°N 153.34°W / 59.61; -153.34	28.0 km
2018-11-30	VIII	7.1 Mw	61°20′24″N149°56′13″W / 61.340°N 149.937°W / 61.340; -149.937	46.7 km		117	Road Damage	[2]
2018-01-23	IV	7.9 Mw	56°03′29″N149°05′49″W / 56.058°N 149.097°W / 56.058; -149.097	10 km				[3]
2016-01-24	VII	7.1 Mw	59°37′N153°20′W / 59.61°N 153.34°W / 59.61; -153.34	127.8 km
2014-06-23	VI	7.9 Mw	51°48′N178°46′W / 51.80°N 178.76°W / 51.80; -178.76	107.5 km			Tsunami
2002-11-03	IX	7.9 Mw	63°31′N147°36′W / 63.51°N 147.6°W / 63.51; -147.6	13 km		1
1986-05-07	VI	8.0 Mw	51°31′N174°47′E / 51.52°N 174.78°E / 51.52; 174.78	19 km			Moderate damage / tsunami	[4]
1975-02-02	IX	7.6 Ms	53°07′N173°30′E / 53.11°N 173.50°E / 53.11; 173.50	10 km		15
1965-02-03	VI	8.7 Mw	51°17′N178°33′W / 51.29°N 178.55°W / 51.29; -178.55	36 km			Tsunami
1964-03-27	XI	9.2 Mw	61°02′N147°44′W / 61.04°N 147.73°W / 61.04; -147.73	23 km	139		Tsunami
1958-07-10	XI	7.8 Mw	58°22′N136°40′W / 58.37°N 136.67°W / 58.37; -136.67	35 km	5		Megatsunami
1958-04-07	VIII	7.3 Mw	65°54′54″N156°20′35″W / 65.915°N 156.343°W / 65.915; -156.343	7 km			Damage to towns
1957-03-09	VIII	8.6 Mw	51°30′N175°38′W / 51.5°N 175.63°W / 51.5; -175.63	25 km			Tsunami
1946-04-01	VI	8.6 Mw	53°29′N162°50′W / 53.49°N 162.83°W / 53.49; -162.83	15 km	165–173		Tsunami
1938-10-10	VII	8.2 Mw	55°10′41″N158°10′52″E / 55.178°N 158.181°E / 55.178; 158.181	35 km				[5]
1906-08-17		8.35 Mw	50°36′N178°22′E / 50.6°N 178.36°E / 50.6; 178.36	–
1899-09-10		8.0 Mw – 8.4 Ms	60°00′N140°00′W / 60.0°N 140.0°W / 60.0; -140.0	–			47 feet (14 metres) uplift	[6] [7]
1899-09-03		8.2 Mw – 8.5 Ms	60°00′N140°00′W / 60.0°N 140.0°W / 60.0; -140.0	–				[7]
1585-06-11		9.25 Mw	Aleutian Islands		Unknown		Natives killed by a tsunami in Hawaii.
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events and those of scientific interest should be recorded.

See also

• Geology of Alaska

References

1. "USGS Earthquake".
2. "M 7.1 – 14 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska". United States Geological Survey. November 30, 2018.
3. "M 7.9 – 280 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska". United States Geological Survey. January 23, 2018.
4. National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K, archived from the original on September 29, 2006
5. "USGS Earthquake".
6. Page, RA; Biswas, NN; Lahr, JC; Pulpan, H (1991) Seismicity of continental Alaska. In: Slemmons, DB; Engdahl, ER; Zoback, MD; Blackwell, DD (eds.). Neotectonics of North America (PDF). Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America.
7. McCann, William (1980). "Yakataga gap, Alaska: Seismic history and earthquake potential" . Science. 207 (4437): 1309–1314. Bibcode:1980Sci...207.1309M. doi:10.1126/science.207.4437.1309. JSTOR   1683431. S2CID   128624810 . Retrieved July 3, 2022.