M2.6 earthquake 107 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 107 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska on Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 7:02 PM AKST (04:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 192 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
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-10 04:02:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.170° N, 150.687° 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
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4117 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.9192 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.818 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.191 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.0192 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.0202 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6192 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019glrom8 (also filed as us2000j2pb, aacse019glrom8). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC.