Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 71 km WSW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 71 km WSW of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 3:17 AM HADT (12:17 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 44 km ESE of Adak, 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: Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 3:17 AM HADT
UTC: 2016-09-15 12:17:46 UTC
Depth: 70.7 km (43.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 52.059° N, 175.214° 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 10.5 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
Stations used: 17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006r7y (also filed as ak016bwjftwl, ak13988086). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC.