M2.1 earthquake 26 km SW of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 26 km SW of Chiniak, Alaska on Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 7:18 PM AKDT (03:18 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 9 km N of Aleneva, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-21 03:18:54 UTC
- Depth
- 10.4 km (6.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.437° N, 152.579° 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
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.73 km E of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.947 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.936 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.29 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.924 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.929 km NE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.918 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.855 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.237 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.718 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.314 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.851 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.831 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.045 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.047 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.043 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.862 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.210 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.511 km SE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.920 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.224 km ESE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.914 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.544 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.13 km WNW of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.243 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.611 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 47 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.815 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.942 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.842 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Kodiak, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 53 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 1.645 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.857 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.725 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.529 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.654 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.98 km NNE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.515 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.061 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.819 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.511 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.928 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.615 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
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