Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Sun, May 27, 2018, 8:38 AM AKDT (16:38 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-05-27 16:38:09 UTC
Depth
8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.229° N, 149.290° 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3011 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.8231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3011 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 3.2267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.8236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 24 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.9238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 3.6261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 2.9232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.8238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 4.2250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 3.0251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 3.0257 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 3.1260 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 3.2260 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 3.0257 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 3.1253 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 3.1255 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 3.2262 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 3.0239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 3.2Gulf of Alaska · 3008 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.6235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 4.3245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 2.5242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 3.1232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 2.4249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 4.2238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 3.2Gulf of Alaska · 3007 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 3.8236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 2.3233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 2.8235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 3.8235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 2.8244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 2.1252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  33. 2.9262 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 2.6252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 2.6246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 2.2209 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 3.4265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 2.1240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 2.0246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  40. 2.7214 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 3.2239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  42. 3.3227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 4.2277 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  44. 4.2273 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 2.6269 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 2.8238 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 2.1294 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  48. 3.0266 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 2.4Gulf of Alaska · 3004 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  50. 2.8241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  51. 3.6239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  52. 3.4239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  53. 2.7230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 2.8241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  55. 2.7240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 2.0221 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  57. 2.8216 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  58. 3.0235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.2225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 2.1234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away

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