Alaska earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 60 km N of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 60 km N of Karluk, Alaska on Sun, Mar 27, 2016, 9:57 AM AKDT (17:57 UTC), 97 km (61 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 64 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Sun, Mar 27, 2016, 9:57 AM AKDT
UTC: 2016-03-27 17:57:54 UTC
Depth: 97.4 km (60.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 58.108° N, 154.573° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 1
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
3.5	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
3.5	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.349 · 2 stations

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Homer.

From the USGS event page for ak0164067wau. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used: 133

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 70.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0164067wau (also filed as ak13106208, us20005cr3). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC.