Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 80 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 80 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska on Fri, Mar 8, 2019, 8:09 PM AKST (05:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 21 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-03-09 05:09:31 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.639° N, 157.869° 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

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Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.162 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.6113 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 3.044 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.564 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 64 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.480 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.438 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 46 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.264 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.480 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.052 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 50 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 2725 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 3.074 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 3.169 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 2.390 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 3.017 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.697 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.157 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.127 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.722 km SW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.827 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 55 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.53 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 2.955 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 3.221 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 2.8131 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.551 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 2.171 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 2.538 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.340 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2701 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 2.688 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away

Before

  1. 2.371 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.499 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 3.2115 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.778 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.715 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 75 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 3.059 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.650 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 3.071 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01934jkr34 (also filed as us2000ka1w, aacse01934jkr34). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:36 AM UTC.