M3.0 earthquake 87 km SE of Chignik, Alaska
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 87 km SE of Chignik, Alaska on Fri, Nov 24, 2017, 8:24 AM AKST (17:24 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 158 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-24 17:24:13 UTC
- Depth
- 9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.775° N, 157.357° 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preferred · Preliminary |
| 3.0 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed |
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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.595 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.250 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1132 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4158 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.3134 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.267 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.396 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.768 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.134 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.6131 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.2114 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.034 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.676 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.744 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5107 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.5129 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.361 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.287 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.460 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.146 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.3120 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.898 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 2.277 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.6123 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.4122 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.8122 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.753 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.838 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.991 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.823 km ENE of Perryville, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.572 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.723 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.617 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.971 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.488 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.170 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.315 km N of Chignik, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
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