Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Tue, Jan 1, 2019, 9:15 AM AKST (18:15 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 279 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2019-01-01 18:15:12 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.256° N, 149.032° 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
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 191 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.1251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 3.2227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 3.5279 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 3.0256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 3.2271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.6244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 2.4265 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.6247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 3.1276 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.5209 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.8284 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.7262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.7Gulf of Alaska · 2817 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.6246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 3.5239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.6247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 3.0237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 3.0244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 3.1239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.7251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  21. 2.6284 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 3.1258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 2.7220 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 2.7257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 2.7252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 3.2231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 3.2239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 2.8279 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 2.8252 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 2.6248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 2.7248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 2.8248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  33. 3.0Gulf of Alaska · 2813 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.9259 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  35. 3.0236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 2.7248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2811 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  38. 3.2Gulf of Alaska · 2809 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 2.7242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 2.8253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 2.7243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 3.0228 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 3.1235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  44. 2.8257 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  45. 3.0280 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 2.4Gulf of Alaska · 2804 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 2.9251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 3.4261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 2.8272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 2.9192 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 2.8217 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 3.1272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 2.8263 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 3.1Gulf of Alaska · 2800 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 3.1265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  56. 3.1215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 3.0278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 3.0286 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 3.1Gulf of Alaska · 2795 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  60. 2.9243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of 191.

Before

  1. 3.3283 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 3.2269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 3.9265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 3.4287 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.8284 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 3.0259 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 4.6271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away · tsunami flag
  8. 2.9253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse0191yce3g. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:01 PM UTC.