Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Sat, Feb 2, 2019, 12:44 AM AKST (09:44 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-02 09:44:13 UTC
Depth
12.3 km (7.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.870° N, 149.966° 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
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.3226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.7227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 2.6218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 3.1256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2789 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 3.8224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.7241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 3.0259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.8230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 3.2234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.7243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.9289 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.9245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 3.0242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 3.0223 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 3.2242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 3.1277 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.7249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.9249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 2.8263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 2.6287 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  22. 2.8296 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 2.6292 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 2.8290 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 2.9248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 2.8242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 2.9232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  28. 2.7287 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 3.0Gulf of Alaska · 2783 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 3.0238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 2.6236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  32. 2.9229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 2.8261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 2.4266 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 4.2227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 3.4246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 2.9276 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 2.8246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 3.7223 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 2.6234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  41. 3.0192 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 3.0242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 2.2Gulf of Alaska · 2776 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 3.4239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 3.5222 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 2.9239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  47. 3.4265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 3.0235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  49. 3.1240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 3.1260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 3.2262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 2.8216 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 2.9245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 2.9269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 4.6279 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 3.2219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  57. 2.8249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  58. 3.2267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 2.7239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 3.1270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 2.7226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 2.8209 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.7254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 3.4240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 3.0238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 3.0292 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 3.0276 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.8227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.9236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.8262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away

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