M2.9 earthquake 259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Fri, Mar 1, 2019, 8:54 AM AKST (17:54 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.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AACSE
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-01 17:54:36 UTC
- Depth
- 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.854° N, 149.486° 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
- 74
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 103 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.3243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.0244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.7252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.2262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.7229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.6233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.7247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.2241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.4289 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.0264 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.3273 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.3252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.6233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.2250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.4276 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.2230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.4277 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.9264 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.8257 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.1260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.1257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.6276 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.2243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.5265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4267 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2Gulf of Alaska · 2768 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.6229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.6225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.5239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.8251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.0288 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.8283 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.8289 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.8255 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.9276 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7220 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.9212 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.7212 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.9212 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.0273 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.6243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.1272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.5258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.3262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.8232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.0250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.4231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.0284 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.1218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.9237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.3252 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.0212 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 3.1250 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8256 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.3264 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.8270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2243 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 3.6264 km ESE of Chiniak, AK · 2771 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.6265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.0229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.6244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.5290 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.6192 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.7250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.5244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.6247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.0202 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.8257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.7227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.8263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
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