Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Mon, Nov 19, 2018, 3:38 PM AKST (00:38 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 281 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-11-20 00:38:40 UTC
Depth
10.4 km (6.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.228° N, 149.112° 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: 181 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.0281 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 3.2243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.6283 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 3.2244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 3.3240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 2.6230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 4.1253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2862 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 3.5252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 3.2224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 2.9219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 3.0272 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.6235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 3.2273 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.6278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.4198 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 3.1245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 3.0253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 3.0258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 3.2231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 2.7250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 2.8258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 3.1218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 2.9277 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 3.2Gulf of Alaska · 2856 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 3.1272 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  27. 3.1268 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  28. 3.0251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 4.2246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
  30. 3.3247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  31. 4.2252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 3.6261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 3.6262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 2.9241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 2.9247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 2.5260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 2.7221 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 3.5243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 3.2238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 2.8267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 2.7251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  42. 2.6249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 2.8241 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 2.9226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 3.5233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  46. 3.0231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 2.6226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 2.4243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 3.4282 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 2.9258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 3.0249 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 2.7Gulf of Alaska · 2849 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  53. 2.7226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 2.9245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 2.8224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  56. 3.5243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 3.2262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 2.7223 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2847 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 3.1228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 181.

Before

  1. 3.8268 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 3.0231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2865 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.2233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.9293 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 3.0232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2866 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.8259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 3.0258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.9294 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 3.2238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 3.4250 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 3.1206 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.8247 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 3.0254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.5265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.4239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 3.1Gulf of Alaska · 2871 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018evucobp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:37 PM UTC.