Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 7:41 PM AKDT (03:41 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-03-17 03:41:50 UTC
Depth
2.4 km (1.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.852° N, 149.712° 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
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 167 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.9245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 3.0256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 2.8202 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 3.4270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 3.1261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 3.6213 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 2.6242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 3.3230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 2.7251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.7254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 3.1279 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 3.5278 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 3.2253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.7231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.8269 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 2.7297 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.8253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 2.7225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.8213 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 2.6261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 3.0226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 3.5247 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 2.8279 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 2.8259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  26. 2.8241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 2.7235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 3.4242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 2.6259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 2.8291 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  31. 3.2246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 3.0249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 3.2226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 2.5260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 3.6240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 2.3262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 2.4274 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 2.6260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 3.2262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 2.2254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  41. 2.5279 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 2.3214 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 2.5Gulf of Alaska · 2732 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 2.3253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 2.4257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 2.3232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 2.3272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 2.6273 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 2.2270 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 3.2229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  51. 2.7242 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 3.0233 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 2.6241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 3.1242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 2.5238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 3.7247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 3.1243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 2.7256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 2.6257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 2.5243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away

The first 60 of 167.

Before

  1. 3.1268 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 3.1254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.0238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.5213 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.8249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 2.9254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 3.0212 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 3.3252 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.9237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 3.1218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 3.0284 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 3.4231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 3.0250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 3.8232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 3.3262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 3.5258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 3.1272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 3.6243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 3.0273 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.8215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse0193hqvkm0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:34 PM UTC.