Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 103 km NE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 103 km NE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Mar 20, 2016, 11:18 PM HADT (08:18 UTC), 220 km (137 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Mar 20, 2016, 11:18 PM HADT
UTC: 2016-03-21 08:18:30 UTC
Depth: 220.4 km (137.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 52.605° N, 175.707° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
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
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 17 stations
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

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 14.6 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
Stations used: 17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005cy8 (also filed as ak13126697, ak0163q3ei2s). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:14 AM UTC.