M2.3 earthquake 64 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 64 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska on Wed, Nov 9, 2016, 4:16 PM AKST (01:16 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 106 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-10 01:16:21 UTC
- Depth
- 25.1 km (15.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.087° N, 151.845° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.216 km E of Chiniak, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.314 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.129 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.946 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.7106 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.191 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak016egyz89g (also filed as ak14361833). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:31 PM UTC.