M2.6 earthquake 37 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 37 km SE of Perryville, Alaska on Tue, Dec 24, 2019, 7:25 AM AKST (16:25 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 38 km NE of Sand Point, 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-24 16:25:09 UTC
- Depth
- 58.2 km (36.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.651° N, 158.769° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preferred · Preliminary |
| 2.6 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed |
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
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9106 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.371 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.574 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.7119 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.398 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.038 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 90 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.028 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.728 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.532 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.233 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 50 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.241 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 54 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.453 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.12 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 92 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5113 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.085 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.834 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.067 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.470 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.311 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.054 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.036 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.1south of Alaska · 2423 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.457 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 2.661 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.874 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.058 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.489 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.659 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.554 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 47 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.543 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
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