Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 12:25 PM AKDT (20:25 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-07-16 20:25:42 UTC
Depth
11.6 km (7.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.993° N, 148.945° 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
21

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. 2.2257 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.9259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.2248 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.2252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.1262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.2228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 3.1240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 3.0243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.1248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 3.0282 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.7263 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.2237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 3.0231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 3.0265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 2.8219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 3.2235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 2.5278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 3.6Gulf of Alaska · 2957 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.6227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 3.0253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.9220 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 2.8244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 3.3223 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 3.1288 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 2.8280 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 2.9279 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 3.6295 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 2.7245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 2.7266 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 2.6256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 2.7258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.7290 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  33. 2.9287 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 2.6202 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 2.8259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 3.1219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 3.6265 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 2.7235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 2.4206 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 2.8229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 2.9278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  42. 3.1262 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 2.6252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 2.5251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  45. 3.0232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 3.2242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  47. 3.1239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 2.9228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 2.7235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 2.5294 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 2.4258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  52. 2.5283 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  53. 2.4269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 2.8249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 2.8262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 3.2235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  57. 2.6278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 2.7236 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 3.2257 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 3.7284 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away

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