Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 8:53 PM AKST (05:53 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-12-03 05:53:25 UTC
Depth
12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.035° N, 149.507° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 157 in the 60 days after this one and 98 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.4282 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.9258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 3.0249 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.7Gulf of Alaska · 2853 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 2.7226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 2.9245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.8224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 3.5243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 3.2262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.7223 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2851 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 3.1228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.9203 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.9189 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 2.7219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 3.2Gulf of Alaska · 2851 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.9271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 2.6233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.8296 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.7223 km SE of Chiniak, AK · 2851 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 2.9252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 2.8Gulf of Alaska · 2850 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 3.1228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 3.1257 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 3.5254 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 3.3259 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 3.1232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 2.8Gulf of Alaska · 2847 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 3.4207 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 2.9248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 3.3221 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 3.0247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  33. 2.9225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  34. 2.6228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 3.0241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 2.8288 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 2.9228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  38. 2.6235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  39. 3.1228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 3.1259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 3.1249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 3.0245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 3.4265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  44. 2.8238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 3.0230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 3.2244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 3.2232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  48. 3.7235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.2263 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.8242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  51. 3.2231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  52. 3.0248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 3.1242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 3.4255 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  55. 3.0248 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 3.3241 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 3.0277 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  58. 3.2232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 2.9248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 3.1230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of 157.

Before

  1. 2.6226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 3.0231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 3.5233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.9226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.8241 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.6249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 2.7251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.8267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 3.2238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 3.5243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 2.7221 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 2.5260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 2.9247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.9241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 3.6262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 3.6261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 4.2252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 3.3247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 4.2246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 3.0251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018fhfejbs. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:30 AM UTC.