M3.8 earthquake 231 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 231 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Mar 20, 2016, 2:32 PM AKDT (22:32 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-20 22:32:12 UTC
- Depth
- 26.2 km (16.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.259° N, 160.348° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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 8.2 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.51
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 184°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9170 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.2148 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.3204 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005c24. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC.