Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 10:45 AM AKDT (18:45 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-07-28 18:45:27 UTC
Depth
8.9 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.830° N, 149.347° 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
54

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. 2.8286 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.9256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 3.1236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.6225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.6246 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.7265 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.9244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.9259 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.2241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.6215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 2.6Gulf of Alaska · 2946 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 2.3245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 2.3246 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 2.8235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 3.2239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.9229 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 3.5256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 3.4261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 2.8244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 2.6262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 2.7251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  22. 2.9263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 3.0265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 2.6244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 2.7218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 2.9241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 3.1260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 3.0226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 2.6267 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 2.6278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 2.6242 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 2.5231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 2.5241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 2.9235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 2.4231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 2.4224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 2.4239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 3.6265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 2.7273 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 2.4268 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  41. 2.6265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 2.5256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 2.6269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 2.9265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  45. 2.0262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  46. 2.5215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.8289 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  48. 2.6228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  49. 2.5254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 2.6255 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 2.4205 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  52. 2.9236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 2.4256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  54. 2.5241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 2.5281 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 2.5256 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 2.5191 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 2.7240 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 2.5228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 2.4274 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away

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