Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 33 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 33 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska on Wed, Jan 23, 2019, 9:06 PM AKST (06:06 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 55 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-24 06:06:21 UTC
Depth
54.6 km (33.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.205° N, 157.880° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8125 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.633 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.079 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.7119 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.557 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.645 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 4.455 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 3.455 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 3.058 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.642 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.859 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.657 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.660 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.748 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.758 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.758 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.157 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.157 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.960 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.049 km SSW of Ugashik, AK · 2794 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 3.064 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 3.071 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 2.3114 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 2.650 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.421 km NNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 3.059 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 2.258 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 2.492 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 1.856 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 1.855 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 2.980 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 3.162 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
  33. 3.231 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 125 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 2.8118 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.754 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 1.852 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 3.044 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 61 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 2.564 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 1.957 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 2.250 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 3.128 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 141 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.640 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 67 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.396 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.98 km NNW of Perryville, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.771 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2819 days ago · 51 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 3.0116 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.2129 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.961 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.218 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 130 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.832 km NW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 142 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.884 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 3.022 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 64 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.498 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse01913si9eq. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:25 PM UTC.