Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 65 km E of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 65 km E of Chignik, Alaska on Fri, Oct 19, 2018, 2:13 PM AKDT (22:13 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 80 km SE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-10-19 22:13:20 UTC
Depth
55.9 km (34.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.406° N, 157.361° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.492 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.149 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 103 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 3.1103 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 54 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 2.074 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.298 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 76 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.277 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 73 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.4115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 77 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.7123 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 3.254 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.8123 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.052 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.718 km S of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.216 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.984 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.577 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 3.680 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.569 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.969 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.4120 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 78 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.818 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 2.537 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.0117 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 2.194 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2849 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 2.634 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 2.4108 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
  27. 2.598 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 2.397 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away

Before

  1. 2.865 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 82 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.142 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.348 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.459 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 72 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 2.351 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.962 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.546 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.1116 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 81 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 2.186 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 75 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.399 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.165 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 58 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 2.529 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.564 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.849 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.178 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.9118 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 1.756 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.051 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 84 km deep · 50 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018dfa3peb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:39 AM UTC.