Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 281 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 281 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Fri, May 3, 2019, 9:36 AM AKDT (17:36 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 235 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-05-03 17:36:44 UTC
Depth
12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.770° N, 149.141° 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
94

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7260 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 2.9209 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.5282 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.6246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.5244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.7258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 3.4235 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 3.4244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 3.6213 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 3.1219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.8250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.9251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.7243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 2.8245 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 3.6238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 3.0228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 3.3Gulf of Alaska · 2692 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.7250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.7253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 3.2280 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 2.9264 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 3.0250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 2.4266 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 2.5257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 2.8278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 2.8262 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.9277 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 3.1246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 2.4250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 2.6258 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 2.5259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.6260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 2.7278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  34. 2.8240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 2.4260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  36. 2.3236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 3.8236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 2.7246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 2.8253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  40. 2.8254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2683 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 2.7262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 2.7209 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 2.5275 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 2.4257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 2.3263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 2.5261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  48. 2.2263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  49. 3.1Gulf of Alaska · 2681 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 2.4233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 2.7276 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 2.4262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  53. 2.9225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 3.1261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  55. 3.4218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 3.0224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 2.8238 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 4.2249 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 3.3257 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 3.7253 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away

The first 60 of 144.

Before

  1. 3.0249 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.6236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.8264 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.9248 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 3.1288 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 3.4211 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.6229 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.7Gulf of Alaska · 2705 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 2.8260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.7257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.7240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.9253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.6232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 3.0276 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.5254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 2.4226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.5238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 3.3277 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 3.5248 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 3.5262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse0195npfvdp. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:36 AM UTC.