Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 119 km E of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 119 km E of Chignik, Alaska on Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 8:26 AM AKST (17:26 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 121 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-31 17:26:49 UTC
Depth
78.6 km (48.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
56.415° N, 156.486° 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
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0128 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 78 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 1.746 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.643 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.8121 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 63 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 1.893 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.846 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.961 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.155 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.379 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 1.651 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.758 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2419 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.586 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 85 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.457 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.2102 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 63 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.057 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 1.851 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.1104 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 71 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 1.957 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 1.985 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 2.255 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.554 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.699 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 1.899 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.899 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2395 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 1.883 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 1.6112 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 2.3101 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 81 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2387 days ago · 68 km deep · 38 km away
  31. 1.692 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 1.855 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 1.755 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.973 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 1.550 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 1.753 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.7129 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 60 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 2.9129 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 82 km deep · 14 km away
  39. 2.090 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 2.6115 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 74 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 1.668 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 1.542 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.839 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 3.643 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 3.067 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.1123 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 2.0107 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 1.975 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.9116 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 76 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.0114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 66 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2452 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.9116 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.044 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.2114 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 56 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.574 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.793 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.060 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away

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