Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 79 km E of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 79 km E of Akutan, Alaska on Sun, Feb 28, 2016, 10:42 AM AKST (19:42 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 84 km W of False Pass, 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, Feb 28, 2016, 10:42 AM AKST
UTC: 2016-02-28 19:42:47 UTC
Depth: 71.8 km (44.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.246° N, 164.567° 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
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 11.5 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
Stations used: 31

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast80 kmE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 69.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004uk9 (also filed as ak12911156, ak0162pw9tel). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC.