Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Thu, Feb 25, 2016, 7:41 AM AKST (16:41 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 54 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-02-25 16:41:46 UTC
Depth
70.5 km (43.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.674° N, 159.673° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.9ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
3.2ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.447 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.156 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.653 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.023 km NNE of Perryville, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 85 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.938 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3861 days ago · 82 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 3.321 km SSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.326 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 3.557 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 3.247 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.246 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 56 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 1.924 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 3.130 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 2.129 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.234 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 81 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.053 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 3.5Alaska Peninsula · 3816 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 3.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.781 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.273 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.819 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 2.433 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 2.287 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 3.321 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.69 km NNE of Perryville, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0162kvv9bb (also filed as ak12882230, us10004uvj). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:02 PM UTC.