Alaska earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 103 km S of Perryville, Alaska

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 103 km S of Perryville, Alaska on Sun, Jan 24, 2016, 1:38 AM AKST (10:38 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-01-24 10:38:25 UTC
Depth
70.9 km (44.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.995° N, 158.831° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.9ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.148 · 6 stations
3.8ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

What happened

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

Felt at King Cove.

From the USGS event page for us20004vru. 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 9.1 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.852 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 3.321 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3898 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.473 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3888 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.287 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.433 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.273 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.173 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.781 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 3874 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.156 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.653 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.326 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.557 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 3.247 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 2.4111 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 2.171 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3925 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 3.4136 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 4.078 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.642 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3935 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004vru (also filed as ak12560161, ak01613v2v1t). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:32 PM UTC.