Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Tue, May 7, 2019, 12:25 AM AKDT (08:25 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 115 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2019-05-07 08:25:51 UTC
Depth
9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.550° N, 157.730° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.688 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 2.640 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.488 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.442 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.277 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.346 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.696 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.777 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 2.338 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 3.043 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.1115 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.447 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.322 km SE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 84 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.361 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 53 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.5117 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.676 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 2.0128 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.342 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2671 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.6132 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2669 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.5173 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2667 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2667 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.556 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 2.6108 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 2.680 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 2.8163 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2655 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 3.049 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 2.340 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 58 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.538 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.171 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.551 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.8131 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 3.221 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 111 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.955 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.53 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.827 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.127 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2715 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.157 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.697 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 3.017 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.390 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 3.169 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 3.074 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 2728 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.052 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.480 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.264 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away

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