Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 12:24 PM AKST (21:24 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 6 km SE of Port Heiden, 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
2018-02-19 21:24:15 UTC
Depth
9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.002° N, 157.626° 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9123 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.160 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.772 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.19 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 143 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.148 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 92 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.095 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.844 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.52 km N of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.49 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.86 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.445 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 2.180 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.973 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.953 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 2.28 km WNW of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.26 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3114 days ago · -3 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.966 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.16 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.5120 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.490 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 2.523 km NNE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 166 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.360 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 2.538 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.379 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 76 km deep · 35 km away

Before

  1. 2.386 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.080 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.97 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.271 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 3.13 km N of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.39 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.47 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.450 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.689 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.032 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.188 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.723 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.061 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.476 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.3120 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.346 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.898 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.347 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0182b1imsn (also filed as ak18461176). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:43 AM UTC.