M3.0 earthquake 196 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 196 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska on Thu, Feb 16, 2017, 3:57 AM AKST (12:57 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 200 km S of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-16 12:57:31 UTC
- Depth
- 49.5 km (30.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.268° N, 167.952° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 55.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 298°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.5204 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.1200 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008kav. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:01 AM UTC.