M2.4 earthquake 91 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 91 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska on Fri, Oct 19, 2018, 1:06 PM AKDT (21:06 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 38 km ESE 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
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-19 21:06:20 UTC
- Depth
- 33.3 km (20.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.276° N, 150.895° 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
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.938 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.581 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.967 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.011 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.4102 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.374 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.927 km E of Chiniak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.524 km NE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018df9grtb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC.