M2.0 earthquake 107 km E of Chignik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 107 km E of Chignik, Alaska on Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 6:39 PM AKST (03:39 UTC), 46 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 121 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-22 03:39:28 UTC
- Depth
- 45.6 km (28.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.162° N, 156.683° 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
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1123 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 45 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.067 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.4119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 79 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.0128 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.8121 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.893 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.961 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.379 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 81 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.5119 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.586 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 85 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.457 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.2102 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1104 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 71 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.699 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2396 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.6147 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6112 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.3101 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 81 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2388 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.692 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 1.975 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.532 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9116 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2453 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.9116 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 45 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.2114 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 56 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.574 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5104 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02010fuctq. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:35 AM UTC.