Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 61 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 61 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska on Wed, Jan 3, 2018, 3:19 AM AKST (12:19 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 43 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-03 12:19:52 UTC
Depth
25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.020° N, 157.552° 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: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.287 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 95 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.379 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.460 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 88 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.146 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.1111 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 3.316 km NNE of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.3120 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.898 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.3120 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.188 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.689 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.520 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.57 km ESE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.080 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 56 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.838 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 1.9123 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 4.4132 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 3.6134 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 4.943 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  20. 3.741 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.034 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 3.138 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.942 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 1.843 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 1.636 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 3.3134 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.772 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 3.0119 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 2.839 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 45 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 3.251 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 3.8130 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 3.4134 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 2.5129 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.6120 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.231 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.5107 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.744 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.676 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.5114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.034 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.816 km NNE of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 3.6131 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.134 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 47 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.117 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.387 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.768 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.396 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.267 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away

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