Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 47 km S of Ugashik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 47 km S of Ugashik, Alaska on Mon, May 29, 2017, 1:54 AM AKDT (09:54 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 117 km SSE of Ugashik, 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
2017-05-29 09:54:25 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.098° N, 157.538° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.639 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 1.747 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 16 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 1.536 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.671 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.274 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.154 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3407 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.135 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 128 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.156 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.150 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 1.824 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 1.951 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 1.9111 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.8105 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.770 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.939 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.854 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 1.865 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.988 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.184 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.039 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 121 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 2.433 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 1.9104 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 2.352 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 1.868 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 2.0114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 1.976 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 1.860 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3380 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 2.5122 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 1.748 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 1.780 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.728 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 2.234 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 1.835 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 1.598 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 80 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 2.0126 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 2.255 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 110 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 1.9106 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 85 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 1.845 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 1.764 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 127 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 1.9118 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 2.6117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.084 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 80 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 1.949 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 2.058 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 2.583 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 1.552 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away

Before

  1. 2.144 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 1.8117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.0102 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.085 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.8102 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.652 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.072 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.0100 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.134 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 1.857 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 110 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.637 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 1.660 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 95 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3434 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 1.883 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.962 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 2.589 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.849 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 3.0122 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 72 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.939 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 1.838 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away

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