Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 281 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 281 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Fri, Nov 9, 2018, 12:55 PM AKST (21:55 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 Gulf of Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-11-09 21:55:44 UTC
Depth
12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.813° N, 149.043° 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
42

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7Gulf of Alaska · 2873 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 3.0224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.2244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 2.4258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 2.3260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.8241 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.5285 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.6258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 2.7254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 3.1249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 3.1Gulf of Alaska · 2870 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.4239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.5265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 3.0254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 3.1206 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 3.4250 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 3.2238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.9294 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 3.0258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 2.8259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2866 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 3.0232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.9293 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 3.2233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2864 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 3.0231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 3.8268 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 2.8246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 3.0281 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 3.2243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 2.6283 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 3.2244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 3.3240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 2.6230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 4.1253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2862 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 3.5252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 3.2224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  39. 2.9219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 3.0272 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 2.6235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  42. 3.2273 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 2.6278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 3.1245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  45. 3.0253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 3.0258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 3.2231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 2.7250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 2.8258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 3.1218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 2.9277 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  52. 3.2Gulf of Alaska · 2856 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  53. 3.1272 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 3.1268 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  55. 3.0251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 4.2246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 3.3247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 4.2252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 3.6261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  60. 3.6262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away

The first 60 of 179.

Before

  1. 3.3215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 3.1Gulf of Alaska · 2875 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.8288 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.7212 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 3.4219 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.2227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.9248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 3.2217 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 3.0224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 3.1256 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 3.2250 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 3.7251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 3.0267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 3.0254 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.9296 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.5282 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.8258 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 3.0253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 3.2242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 4.5236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away

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