Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 34 km NNW of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 34 km NNW of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska on Tue, May 3, 2016, 5:08 PM AKDT (01:08 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 31 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-05-04 01:08:16 UTC
Depth
93.2 km (57.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
56.612° N, 158.657° 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.

Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 158 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.044 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.256 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.732 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.535 km NE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.257 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.355 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.649 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.373 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 80 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.666 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.522 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.850 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.260 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.957 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 77 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 3.850 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.824 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.259 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.150 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 3789 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 2.250 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.351 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.525 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 2.046 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 2.440 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 2.741 km SW of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 2.432 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 2.041 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 2.127 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 81 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 1.834 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 111 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 4.041 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.051 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 2.652 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.828 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 2.126 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 3.532 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 2.437 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 2.268 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 101 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 3.036 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 3.028 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 2.828 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 2.833 km NE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 2.549 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 4.131 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 2.637 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 1.953 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  45. 2.356 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 2.14 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 84 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 2.939 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
  48. 2.530 km N of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  49. 2.661 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 86 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 2.063 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  51. 1.953 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 2.028 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 1.957 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 2.353 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 2.542 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.246 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 2.246 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3748 days ago · 101 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 2.548 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 2.146 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.259 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.938 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.050 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.660 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.048 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.449 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 3.417 km N of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 114 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.340 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.645 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 3.153 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 3.041 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 3.553 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.635 km NE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.934 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.838 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.060 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.247 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 3.459 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away

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