Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 264 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 264 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 3:02 PM AKDT (23:02 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 249 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2019-04-29 23:02:25 UTC
Depth
6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.136° N, 148.881° 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
77

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 3.0249 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.9281 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.7260 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.9209 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.5282 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.6246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 2.5244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.7258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 3.4235 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 3.4244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 3.6213 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 3.1219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.8250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.9251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.7243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 2.8245 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 3.6238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 3.0228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 3.3Gulf of Alaska · 2702 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.7250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 2.7253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 3.2280 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 2.9264 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 3.0250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 2.4266 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  27. 2.5257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 2.8278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 2.8262 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 2.9277 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 3.1246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.4250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 2.6258 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 2.5259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  35. 2.6260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.7278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 2.8240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 2.4260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  39. 2.3236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 3.8236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 2.7246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  42. 2.8253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 2.8254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 2.8217 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2693 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 2.7262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 2.7209 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  48. 2.5275 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 2.4257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 2.3263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 2.5261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 2.2263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  53. 3.1Gulf of Alaska · 2690 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 2.4233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 2.7276 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 2.4262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  57. 2.9225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  58. 3.1261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 3.4218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 3.0237 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of 143.

Before

  1. 2.9248 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 3.1288 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 3.4211 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.6229 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.7Gulf of Alaska · 2715 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.8260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.7257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.7240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.9253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.6232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 3.0276 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.5254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.4226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.5238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 3.3277 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 3.5248 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 3.5262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 3.3248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.8Gulf of Alaska · 2720 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 2.6247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away

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