Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 8:25 AM AKST (17:25 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 277 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-28 17:25:00 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.290° N, 149.080° 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
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.6233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.2250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.4276 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.1260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.2230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 3.4277 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.9264 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 2.8257 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 2.0253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 3.1260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.1257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.6276 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 4.2258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.2243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 40 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.5265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 2.4267 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.2Gulf of Alaska · 2760 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 2.6229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.6225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 3.5239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  22. 2.8251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 3.0288 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 2.8283 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 2.8289 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 2.8255 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 2.9276 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 2.7220 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 2.9212 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 2.5251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 2.7212 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 2.9212 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  33. 2.8215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 3.0273 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 3.6243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 3.1272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 3.5258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  38. 3.3262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 3.8232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 3.0250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  41. 3.4231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 3.0284 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 3.1218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 2.9237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  45. 3.3252 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 3.0212 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
  47. 2.9254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  48. 2.8249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 2.5213 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 4.0238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 3.1254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  52. 3.1268 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 2.9251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 2.8237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  55. 2.9245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 3.0256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 2.8202 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 3.4270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  59. 3.1261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 3.6213 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away

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