M3.0 earthquake 22 km S of Chignik, Alaska
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 22 km S of Chignik, Alaska on Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 2:27 PM AKST (23:27 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 31 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-28 23:27:35 UTC
- Depth
- 64.4 km (40.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.096° N, 158.375° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.884 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.832 km NW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 142 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.218 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 130 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2818 days ago · 51 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.771 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.440 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.98 km NNW of Perryville, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 77 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.640 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 67 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.128 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 141 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.933 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 55 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.633 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.079 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.043 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.071 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.650 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.624 km NW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.421 km NNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.059 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.715 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.331 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 144 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.778 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 2837 days ago · 62 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.8108 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.550 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.860 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.598 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.530 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.634 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 116 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.928 km NNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 116 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.251 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 58 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.713 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.845 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018gn2egq3. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:04 PM UTC.