Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 63 km SE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 63 km SE of Chignik, Alaska on Wed, Mar 29, 2017, 12:09 AM AKDT (08:09 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 47 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-03-29 08:09:35 UTC
Depth
63.3 km (39.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.833° N, 157.814° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8150 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.026 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.299 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 2.266 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.621 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.118 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 63 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.0130 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.885 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.485 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 2.222 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.388 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 1.850 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.9125 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3444 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 2.4126 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.867 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.344 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 2.590 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 2.4108 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.9126 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 2.6118 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 2.589 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 2.063 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 2.2122 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 2.452 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 1.937 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 2.021 km N of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.367 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 1.822 km SSE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 1.886 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 3.947 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 2.549 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 89 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.457 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 4.148 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.449 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.171 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.25 km ESE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 93 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.955 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 3.034 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.449 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 2.231 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 4.9120 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01741o40gw (also filed as ak15645024). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:03 PM UTC.