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M3.2 earthquake 47 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 47 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska on Sun, May 28, 2017, 6:49 PM AKDT (02:49 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-29 02:49:27 UTC
Depth
44.5 km (27.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.107° N, 157.721° 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
3.2ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
3.3ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
86

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.639 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.824 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 58 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3407 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.156 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.331 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.928 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.951 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.9111 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.488 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.8105 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.9120 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.770 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.854 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.865 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.184 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.9104 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 85 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.352 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.868 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.0114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 3.029 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.748 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 2.147 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 3.118 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 93 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 2.6121 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 1.9106 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.8119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 1.845 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 2.453 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3364 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 1.9118 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 2.6117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 2.084 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.978 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
  34. 2.058 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 2.583 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 2.780 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 3.947 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 44 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.144 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.8117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.0102 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.822 km SSE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.367 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.8102 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.021 km N of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 88 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.652 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.452 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 53 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.2122 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.063 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.589 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 2.6118 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.9126 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 3.0122 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.4108 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.590 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.344 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away

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