Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 52 km S of Ugashik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 52 km S of Ugashik, Alaska on Tue, Jun 7, 2016, 10:34 PM AKDT (06:34 UTC), 17 km (11 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
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-06-08 06:34:56 UTC
Depth
17.4 km (10.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.048° N, 157.519° 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
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · 24 stations

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How well it is located

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Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.828 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.126 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 3.532 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.437 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.268 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 101 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 3.036 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 3.028 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.828 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.833 km NE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.8110 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.549 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 4.131 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 2.637 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.356 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 2.14 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 3.2113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.939 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 2.530 km N of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.264 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3754 days ago · 108 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.661 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 86 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 2.063 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 1.953 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 2.353 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 2.542 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  25. 2.246 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 2.246 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3747 days ago · 101 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 2.083 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3747 days ago · 105 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 2.058 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 2.170 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 80 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 2.2114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 2.172 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 3.439 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3734 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 3.955 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 3.257 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 2.654 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 3.394 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 2.759 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  38. 2.444 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  39. 2.075 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 69 km deep · 39 km away
  40. 1.521 km NNE of Chignik, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 2.552 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  42. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3719 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 2.393 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 1.635 km SW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 2.159 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  46. 1.952 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 95 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 2.365 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 99 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 2.558 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  49. 2.255 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 84 km deep · 55 km away

Before

  1. 2.044 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 72 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 4.041 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 1.834 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 111 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.127 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.041 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.432 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.741 km SW of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 2.440 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 88 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.046 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.351 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 2.250 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 3789 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.266 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 148 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.150 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 2.259 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 2.670 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 101 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 3.850 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 1.957 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 77 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.260 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 1.850 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away

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