M2.6 earthquake 283 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 283 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Tue, Nov 20, 2018, 1:27 PM AKST (22:27 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 244 km SE 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
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-20 22:27:09 UTC
- Depth
- 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.769° N, 149.081° 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
- 41
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 171 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.2244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.3240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.6230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2862 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.5252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.2224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.9219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.0272 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.6235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.2273 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.1245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.0253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.0258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.2231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.7250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.8258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.1218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.9277 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.2Gulf of Alaska · 2856 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.1272 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.1268 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.0251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.3247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.6261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.6262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.9241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.9247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.5260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.7221 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.5243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.2238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.8267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.7251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.9226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.5233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.0231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.6226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.4243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.4282 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.0249 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7Gulf of Alaska · 2848 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.7226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.5243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.2262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2846 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.1228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9203 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9189 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.7219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.2Gulf of Alaska · 2846 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.9271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.6233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of 171.
Before
- 3.2243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.0281 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.8246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.8268 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.0231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2864 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.2233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.9293 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.0232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2865 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.8259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.0258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.9294 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.2238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.4250 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.1206 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.0254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.5265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.4239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.1Gulf of Alaska · 2870 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
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