Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Sat, Sep 8, 2018, 8:07 PM AKDT (04:07 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 206 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-09-09 04:07:08 UTC
Depth
15.7 km (9.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.915° N, 149.660° 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
36

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. 3.0206 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.9219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.9231 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 3.0243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 3.1264 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.7280 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.8242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 3.5230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 4.2229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 3.6247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 3.4227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.8241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 2.9225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 3.2225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 3.5233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 3.3240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 3.0222 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 3.0225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 3.6228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.6Gulf of Alaska · 2914 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  21. 3.0189 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 3.1229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 3.2221 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 2.7247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 2.6250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 2.9216 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 3.0250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 3.0259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 2.9215 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 3.0230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 2.8223 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 3.0255 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  33. 3.2290 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 3.0280 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 2.8251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.7250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  37. 3.1219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 2.8260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  39. 3.6205 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 3.9255 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 3.6255 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 3.2254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 3.3257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 2.7245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 2.8Gulf of Alaska · 2910 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 2.8234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 2.7251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 3.0225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 2.8262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 3.0225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 2.7253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 2.5253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 2.6255 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 3.1240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  55. 3.3274 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 2.6Gulf of Alaska · 2909 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 2.8221 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 2.3246 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 3.2292 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 2.7Gulf of Alaska · 2908 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018bktupi7. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:56 AM UTC.