Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 268 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 268 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska on Sat, Oct 20, 2018, 11:07 AM AKDT (19:07 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-10-20 19:07:27 UTC
Depth
12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.373° N, 148.495° 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
24

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 187 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.5232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 3.5246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 3.8236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 3.1231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 3.1271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 3.0269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 3.1286 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.7271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.9251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.5245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 3.3263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 3.2221 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.7Gulf of Alaska · 2890 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 3.0244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 3.5228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 3.0236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 3.4234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 3.0237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.9224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 3.1217 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 3.3251 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 3.1286 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 4.8218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away · tsunami flag
  24. 2.9232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 3.3238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 3.0260 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 3.0248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 3.0251 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 3.0260 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  30. 3.1230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.8252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 3.1253 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 2.9230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 3.1255 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  35. 3.1238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 3.4238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.9190 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 2.6253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 3.0234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 2.4244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 2.4254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  42. 2.4258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 2.7244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 3.2269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  45. 3.0214 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 4.1271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  47. 3.3256 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
  48. 3.3Gulf of Alaska · 2880 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 3.0253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 2.8Gulf of Alaska · 2877 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 2.8258 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 2.5282 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  53. 2.9296 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 3.0254 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  55. 3.7251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 3.2250 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
  57. 3.1256 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 3.0224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 3.2217 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 2.9248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of 187.

Before

  1. 2.7274 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 2.9298 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 3.1229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 3.3235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.3246 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 3.6234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.9229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 3.0275 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.9270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 3.0248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.5250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 2.7249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away

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