Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 38 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 38 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska on Fri, Oct 19, 2018, 9:00 PM AKDT (05:00 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-10-20 05:00:24 UTC
Depth
11.9 km (7.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.428° N, 151.741° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Stations used
53

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.581 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.960 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.451 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.725 km N of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.71 km W of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.967 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.011 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 2.4102 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.516 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.374 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 1.732 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.834 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.627 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.514 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.628 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.527 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.367 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.641 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.927 km E of Chiniak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.839 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.524 km NE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 2.491 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.130 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.3101 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.726 km N of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.47 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.07 km SE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.749 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.2Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.75 km S of Kodiak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.862 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.074 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.589 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018dgnfwmo (also filed as ak20287841, us1000hev3, aacse018dgnfwmo). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC.