M2.6 earthquake 283 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 283 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Sat, Oct 13, 2018, 11:32 PM AKDT (07:32 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AACSE
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-14 07:32:16 UTC
- Depth
- 12.4 km (7.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.811° N, 148.996° 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
- 30
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.3241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.4201 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.1265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.1245 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.0250 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.2238 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.1230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.7248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.8272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.2239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.9279 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.9249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.4241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.9195 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.5285 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.6289 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.5234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.6263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.4220 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.7249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.5250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.0248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.9270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6249 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.0275 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.9229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.6234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3246 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.3235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.1229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.9298 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.0Gulf of Alaska · 2903 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.7274 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.6268 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.5232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.5246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.8236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2901 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.1231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.1271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.0269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.1286 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.7271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.8240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.6218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.9251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.5245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.7209 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.3263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.2221 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.7Gulf of Alaska · 2899 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.5270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.0244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.5228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.0236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.4234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.0237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.4Gulf of Alaska · 2909 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.2267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.9216 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.6214 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6295 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.7275 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.8277 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.8278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.9266 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.8272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.7258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.6258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.5245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.5259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.7261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.4227 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2209 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3280 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.9229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.5297 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
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