Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 185 km WNW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 185 km WNW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Oct 3, 2016, 9:01 PM HADT (06:01 UTC), 237 km (147 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 229 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Mon, Oct 3, 2016, 9:01 PM HADT
UTC: 2016-10-04 06:01:28 UTC
Depth: 236.9 km (147.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 52.303° N, 179.256° 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
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 20 stations
3.2	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 13.7 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Stations used: 23

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007cps (also filed as ak14167100, ak016cruzct9). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:12 AM UTC.