Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 11 km SE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 11 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Fri, Feb 17, 2017, 7:10 AM AKST (16:10 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Fri, Feb 17, 2017, 7:10 AM AKST
UTC: 2017-02-17 16:10:11 UTC
Depth: 123.6 km (76.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.072° N, 165.640° 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
3.8	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.136 · 15 stations
3.6	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 10.2 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.14
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 177°
Stations used: 60

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast11 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 103.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008mcj (also filed as ak15286643, ak01727ndrm2). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:48 PM UTC.