Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 271 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 271 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 6, 2018, 12:40 PM AKDT (20:40 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2018-08-06 20:40:06 UTC
Depth
8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.385° N, 148.418° 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
44

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. 3.6265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.7273 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 2.4268 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.6265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.5256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.6269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.9265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.5215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.8289 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.6228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.5254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.6255 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 2.4205 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.9236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.4256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.5241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.5281 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.5256 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.5228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.4274 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 2.4256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.9231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 2.6Gulf of Alaska · 2938 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 2.4251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.6Gulf of Alaska · 2938 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.6228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 2.8238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.3245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 3.3220 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 2.8214 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 2.8247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 2.6273 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 3.0247 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  34. 2.8265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 2.4285 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 2.3267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 2.2258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 2.3247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 2.4230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 2.2249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 2.6242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 2.5262 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 2.4268 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  44. 2.4255 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 2.5281 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 2.4249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 2.9258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 2.7240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 3.0254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.8212 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 2.5250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 2.4202 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 2.7203 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.4260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 2.9254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  56. 2.9251 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 2.7274 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 2.6272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 2.8258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 2.3284 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away

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