M2.2 earthquake 27 km NE of Chignik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 27 km NE of Chignik, Alaska on Thu, May 3, 2018, 6:36 PM AKDT (02:36 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 110 km E 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-04 02:36:21 UTC
- Depth
- 80.3 km (49.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 56.494° N, 158.146° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.37 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.228 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.229 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.911 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2110 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.748 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.866 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 57 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.849 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.631 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.742 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.754 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.272 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.024 km NW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 103 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.435 km WSW of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 155 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7100 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.440 km SSW of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.863 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.639 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4106 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.927 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.966 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.8111 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.349 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 53 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4107 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.378 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3038 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.777 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.751 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.227 km N of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.759 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3034 days ago · 77 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.1110 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3030 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.541 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.345 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.444 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3023 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.943 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3023 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.164 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3023 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.156 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3021 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.24 km NE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3020 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.468 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.341 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.845 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3015 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.951 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3015 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.044 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3015 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.751 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.010 km SSW of Perryville, Alaska · 3013 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 2.243 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.153 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.612 km WNW of Perryville, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.334 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.729 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.730 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.332 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.477 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.06 km N of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 91 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.841 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.248 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.029 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.379 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.538 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.360 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.490 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
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