Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 42 km S of Perryville, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 42 km S of Perryville, Alaska on Sat, Dec 26, 2015, 5:28 PM AKST (02:28 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 78 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2015-12-27 02:28:04 UTC
Depth
55.7 km (34.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.534° N, 159.141° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.6ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
12

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 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.078 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.171 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 2.4111 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.114 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.56 km ESE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 3.9103 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.852 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.69 km NNE of Perryville, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 3.321 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3898 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.287 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.433 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 1.819 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.273 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 3.781 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 1.934 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 52 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 3.3102 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.141 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3944 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.541 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3946 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.591 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3949 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.382 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3956 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.673 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3959 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak015gl2d5v4 (also filed as ak12355495, us10004aj6). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:54 PM UTC.