M2.7 earthquake 44 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 44 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska on Thu, Aug 30, 2018, 3:35 PM AKDT (23:35 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 34 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-30 23:35:16 UTC
- Depth
- 54.0 km (33.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.191° N, 157.707° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0south of Alaska · 2951 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.731 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 67 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.054 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.2133 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.325 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.218 km N of Chignik, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 86 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.164 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.060 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.241 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 62 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.351 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.252 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.165 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.966 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2132 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.337 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.051 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9118 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.849 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.052 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.529 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 71 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.165 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.399 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.186 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.034 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.026 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1116 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.722 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.546 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.463 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.351 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.459 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.348 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.142 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.865 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.665 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 56 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.492 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.1103 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.298 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.717 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 2.458 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.778 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0133 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.821 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 84 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.772 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 102 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.5116 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.515 km S of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.536 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.050 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.96 km SSW of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.952 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
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