Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 17 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 17 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska on Sat, Dec 9, 2017, 11:12 PM AKST (08:12 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 16 km NNE of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-12-10 08:12:12 UTC
Depth
8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.326° N, 159.006° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.134 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.816 km NNE of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.019 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.034 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.90 km WSW of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.83 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.744 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.545 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.231 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.361 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.048 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.460 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.19 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.84 km S of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3188 days ago · -3 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.511 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.65 km N of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.146 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 3.316 km NNE of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 91 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.47 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.39 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 3.13 km N of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.97 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 2.520 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 3.3Alaska Peninsula · 3159 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
  25. 1.922 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 1.57 km ESE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away

Before

  1. 2.250 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.926 km S of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.144 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.753 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.610 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 1.838 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.031 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.511 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 98 km deep · 56 km away

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