M2.8 earthquake 129 km SE of Chignik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 129 km SE of Chignik, Alaska on Thu, Nov 1, 2018, 1:13 PM AKDT (21:13 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 80 km SE 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
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-01 21:13:37 UTC
- Depth
- 30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.541° N, 156.833° 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
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.254 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.2154 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.2213 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.4204 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.9202 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.577 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.680 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.569 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.969 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.897 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5120 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.598 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.550 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8108 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 54 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.4146 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018e0rhtja. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC.