Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 3:18 PM AKST (00:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 192 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-19 00:18:14 UTC
Depth
4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.304° N, 148.489° 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
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 184 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9192 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.8217 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 3.1272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.8263 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 3.1Gulf of Alaska · 2801 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.1265 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 3.1215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 3.0278 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 3.0286 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 3.1Gulf of Alaska · 2796 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.9243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 3.2253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.9238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 3.3234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 2.8238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 2.8268 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 2.7259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 3.3285 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.6288 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 4.2240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.8257 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 2.8253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 2.9237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 2.8262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 2.9236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 2.8227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 3.0276 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  28. 3.0292 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 3.0238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 3.4240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 2.7254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 2.8209 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 2.7226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 3.3226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 2.7227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 2.6218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 3.1256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2789 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 3.8224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 2.7241 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  41. 3.0259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  42. 2.8230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 3.2234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 2.7243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 2.9289 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 3.0242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 3.0223 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 3.2242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 3.1277 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  50. 2.7249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  51. 2.9249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 2.8263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  53. 2.6287 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 2.8296 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 2.6292 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 2.8290 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 2.9248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 2.8242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 2.9232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  60. 2.8258 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of 184.

Before

  1. 3.4261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.9251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.4Gulf of Alaska · 2805 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 3.0280 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.8257 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 3.1235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 3.0228 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.7243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.8253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.7242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 3.2Gulf of Alaska · 2810 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.9Gulf of Alaska · 2811 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.7248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 3.0236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.9259 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away

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