M3.0 earthquake 83 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 83 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Mar 4, 1997, 10:08 PM HAST (08:08 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 41 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1997-03-05 08:08:59 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.431° N, 175.669° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.182 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 10796 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.456 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 10795 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.090 km S of Atka, Alaska · 10795 days ago · 150 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.037 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 10790 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.395 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 10764 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.348 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 10761 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.844 km E of Adak, Alaska · 10759 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.129 km S of Adak, Alaska · 10756 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.046 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 10756 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.259 km S of Adak, Alaska · 10754 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.741 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 10749 days ago · 49 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0007ya5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC.