Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 280 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 280 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Fri, Jul 20, 2018, 10:44 AM AKDT (18:44 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 279 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-07-20 18:44:55 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.700° N, 149.298° 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
23

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. 2.9279 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 3.6295 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 2.7245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.7266 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.6256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 2.7258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.7290 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.9287 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.6202 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.8259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 3.1219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 3.6265 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.7235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.4206 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.8229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.9278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 3.1262 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.6252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.5251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 3.0232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 3.2242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 3.1239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 2.9228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 2.7235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 2.5294 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  26. 2.4258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 2.5283 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 2.4269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 2.8249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 2.8262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 3.2235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 2.6278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 3.2257 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 3.7284 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  35. 4.7283 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · tsunami flag
  36. 2.8217 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 2.5271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 2.5239 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 3.2211 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 2.7257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  41. 3.0255 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 2.7280 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 3.1275 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 2.9265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 2.8216 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.6219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 3.1234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
  48. 3.0280 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  49. 3.3267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 3.4270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  51. 2.6243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2947 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  53. 3.1254 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 2.5246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  55. 2.3243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  56. 2.8286 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 2.9256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 3.1236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 2.6225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 2.6246 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away

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