Alaska earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake 259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 12:12 AM GMT+12 (12:12 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 12:12 AM GMT+12
UTC: 2016-02-09 12:12:06 UTC
Depth: 44.7 km (27.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.408° N, 179.700° E
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: Yes: a large quake in an oceanic region
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
5.3	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.026 · 509 stations
5.43	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.3	mb, body-wave	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary
5.1	Mi	NOAA National Tsunami Warning Center	Reviewed · 4 stations

Tsunami

The USGS flags a quake this large in an oceanic region. The flag does not mean a tsunami happened; the tsunami warning centers decide that, and their messages are below when they issued any.

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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 6.8 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 60°
Stations used: 470

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004z01 (also filed as ak0161ucpo1b, ak12792726, at00o2a4k7, gcmt20160209121206, iscgem608323259). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:35 AM UTC.