M2.8 earthquake 259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 3, 2018, 5:50 AM AKDT (13:50 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-03 13:50:24 UTC
- Depth
- 6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.731° N, 149.781° 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
- 2.5241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.9235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.4231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.4224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.6265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.7273 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.4268 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.6265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.5256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.6269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.9265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.5215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.8289 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.6228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.5254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.6255 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4205 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.9236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.4256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.5241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5191 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.7240 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.5228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.4256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.9231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.6Gulf of Alaska · 2937 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.4259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.4251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.6Gulf of Alaska · 2937 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.8238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.3245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.3220 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.8214 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.8247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.8265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.4285 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.7242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.3267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.2258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.3247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.4230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.2249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.6242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.4255 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.7290 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.3291 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.4249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.9258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.7240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.0254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8212 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.4260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7Gulf of Alaska · 2932 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.7274 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.6272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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