Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Wed, Oct 24, 2018, 6:38 AM AKDT (14:38 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 209 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-10-24 14:38:06 UTC
Depth
9.3 km (5.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.866° N, 149.825° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7209 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 3.3263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 3.2221 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.7Gulf of Alaska · 2890 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.5270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 3.0244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 3.5228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 3.0236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 3.4234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 3.0237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.9224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 3.1217 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 3.1286 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 4.8218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away · tsunami flag
  15. 2.9232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 3.3238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 3.0260 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.6265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.5263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 3.0248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  21. 3.0Gulf of Alaska · 2885 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 3.1230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.8252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 2.9230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.4259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 3.1255 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 3.1238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 3.4238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 2.9190 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 2.6253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 3.0234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 2.4244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  33. 2.4254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 2.8219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  35. 2.3248 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  36. 2.4258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 2.7244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 3.2269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 3.0214 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 4.1271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 4.5236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  42. 3.2242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 3.0253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  44. 2.8258 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 2.5282 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  46. 2.3231 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 3.0267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  48. 3.7251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  49. 3.1256 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 3.0224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 3.2217 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 2.9248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 3.2227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  54. 3.4219 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  55. 3.7212 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  56. 3.1Gulf of Alaska · 2875 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  57. 3.3215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  58. 2.6281 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 2.7Gulf of Alaska · 2873 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  60. 3.0224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 2.9251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 2.6218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 2.8240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 3.7271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 3.1286 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 3.0269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 3.1271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 3.1231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2892 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 3.8236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away

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