Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 22 km E of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 22 km E of Chignik, Alaska on Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 11:10 AM AKDT (19:10 UTC), 1 km (1 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
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-04-20 19:10:59 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.270° N, 158.036° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.388 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.353 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.095 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.850 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 58 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.250 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3445 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 2.344 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 42 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 2.590 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.4108 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.849 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.6118 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.589 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.063 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.962 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.452 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 53 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.652 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.021 km N of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 88 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.8102 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.367 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.822 km SSE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.0102 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 1.8117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 2.144 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 3.947 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 2.780 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 3.247 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 2.347 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 1.639 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.747 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.536 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 1.824 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 2.154 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 2.156 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.150 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.331 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
  36. 1.928 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 1.951 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 1.9111 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 2.488 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 1.8105 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 1.9120 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 1.770 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
  43. 1.854 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 1.865 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away

Before

  1. 2.485 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.885 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.935 km S of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.118 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.957 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.621 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 68 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 1.616 km SSE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.852 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.649 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.752 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.749 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.266 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.299 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.129 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.026 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 58 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.363 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 63 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 2.549 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 89 km deep · 45 km away

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