M2.1 earthquake 88 km E of Chignik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 88 km E of Chignik, Alaska on Sun, Jan 28, 2018, 4:38 PM AKST (01:38 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 54 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-29 01:38:24 UTC
- Depth
- 27.4 km (17.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.418° N, 156.982° 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
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.689 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 43 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.450 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.271 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 80 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.080 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 56 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.386 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.838 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3147 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.992 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9123 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.160 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.772 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.839 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.148 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.954 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0135 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.095 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.8113 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.4103 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.279 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.787 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.445 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5112 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.180 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 42 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.973 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 51 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.953 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.453 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.646 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 56 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.564 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3112 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 2.061 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3120 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 74 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.346 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.898 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 47 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.347 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3120 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.316 km NNE of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1111 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.055 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.355 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.657 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.460 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 88 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.048 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 103 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.379 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 87 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.287 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 95 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.361 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.5129 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.6120 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 64 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.231 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5107 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away
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