Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 275 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 275 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 12:13 PM AKDT (20:13 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2018-08-27 20:13:12 UTC
Depth
11.9 km (7.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.914° N, 148.992° 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
43

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. 2.8244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.8264 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.7234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.1238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 3.0211 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.5238 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.6263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.7210 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.8212 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.4283 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.7224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.8246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 2.9249 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 3.1246 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 3.8237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 2.1242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 2.2242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 3.4232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.9223 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 2.4286 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 2.7231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 2.8236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 3.1287 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 2.8272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 3.2228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 2.5270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 2.7269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 3.5242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 3.5297 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 3.0250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 3.4267 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 3.3281 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 3.3237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2916 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 3.2274 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 2.8259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 3.4291 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.6260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 2.8252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 3.0206 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 2.9219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.9231 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 3.0243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 3.1264 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 2.7280 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 2.8242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  47. 3.5230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 4.2229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 3.6247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 3.4227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 2.8241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 2.9225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 3.2225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 3.5233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 3.3240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 3.0222 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  57. 3.0225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  58. 3.6228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  59. 2.6Gulf of Alaska · 2914 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 3.0189 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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