Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 255 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 255 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 7:00 PM AKST (04:00 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2019-02-23 04:00:52 UTC
Depth
12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.859° N, 149.597° 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
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.8223 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 3.8263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.5257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 1.7227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.8257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 3.0202 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.6247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.5244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.7250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.5240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 2.6192 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.5290 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.6244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 3.0229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 3.6265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 3.6264 km ESE of Chiniak, AK · 2773 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 4.2243 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.8270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 3.3264 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 2.8256 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 3.1250 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 2.9259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 3.1228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 3.3243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 3.0244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  27. 2.7252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 2.2262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 2.7229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 3.6233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 3.7247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 3.2241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  33. 2.4289 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 3.0264 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 2.8224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 2.3273 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 2.0242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 2.3252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 2.6233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 2.2250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  41. 2.4276 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 2.1260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 2.2230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 3.4277 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 2.9264 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 2.8257 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 2.0253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  48. 3.1260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  49. 2.1257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 2.6276 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 4.2258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.2243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 2.5265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 2.2Gulf of Alaska · 2770 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 2.6229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 2.6225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  57. 3.5239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 2.8251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 3.0288 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  60. 2.8283 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.7269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 3.1270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.9270 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.7239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 3.2267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.8249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 3.2219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 4.6279 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 2.9269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 2.9245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.8216 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 3.2262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 3.1260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 3.1240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 3.0235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 3.4265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 2.9239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 3.5222 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 3.4239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 2.2Gulf of Alaska · 2787 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away

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