Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 21 km SE of Sunrise, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 21 km SE of Sunrise, Alaska on Thu, Nov 10, 2016, 11:12 AM AKST (20:12 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 31 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Thu, Nov 10, 2016, 11:12 AM AKST
UTC: 2016-11-10 20:12:43 UTC
Depth: 27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 60.726° N, 149.204° 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
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

What happened

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

Felt at Cooper Landing.

From the USGS event page for ak016eha9nl8. 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: 49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 129.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak016eha9nl8 (also filed as ak14314118, us100076qj). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:42 PM UTC.