M2.1 earthquake 118 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 118 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska on Thu, Sep 5, 2019, 10:24 AM AKDT (18:24 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 137 km ESE of Chignik, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-05 18:24:49 UTC
- Depth
- 68.3 km (42.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.072° N, 156.540° 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
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.983 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 68 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.797 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.3128 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.3113 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.137 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.4128 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 81 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.046 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1114 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.9137 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0112 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.393 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 88 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.587 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 90 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1137 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.665 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2110 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.6133 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.2138 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 66 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.424 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.240 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 2.168 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.9119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 59 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.2125 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.669 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1113 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.3149 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.968 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 97 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.7155 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.024 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.046 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 83 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.3146 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2114 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.997 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.688 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.4109 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.6100 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9125 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 58 km deep · 56 km away
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