M2.1 earthquake 119 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 119 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska on Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 7:13 AM AKDT (15:13 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 52 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-27 15:13:37 UTC
- Depth
- 72.6 km (45.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 56.578° N, 156.428° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.887 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.770 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.960 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.864 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.057 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.367 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.052 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.465 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.760 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.766 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.193 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.171 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.464 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.395 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 70 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3650 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9113 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.586 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 76 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.952 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.593 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.674 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.074 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.458 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.345 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.146 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.864 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.7152 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.073 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.270 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.650 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.151 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.268 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.259 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.988 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.347 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.647 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.048 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.746 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.383 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.180 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 68 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.173 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 93 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.473 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.249 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.989 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.574 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.052 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 2.958 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.454 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.452 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.454 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.651 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.153 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.4134 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.842 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.6115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 52 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.071 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.457 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.250 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of 79.
Before
- 2.164 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.265 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.764 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.065 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.249 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.182 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.088 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.151 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.356 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.176 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0112 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.080 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.648 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4106 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 75 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.3125 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.664 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.092 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.562 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.958 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.971 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
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