Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 61 km E of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 61 km E of Chignik, Alaska on Thu, Feb 6, 2020, 2:11 PM AKST (23:11 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 100 km SE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-02-06 23:11:30 UTC
Depth
47.0 km (29.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.283° N, 157.408° 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
95

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.155 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.379 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 3.5119 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.586 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 85 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.457 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.051 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.2102 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.125 km N of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.057 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.851 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.1104 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.957 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.255 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.554 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.699 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2395 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.6112 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 2.3101 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 81 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2387 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.331 km SSE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 1.973 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 1.550 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.753 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.7129 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 2.9129 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 82 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 2.08 km NW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 2.6115 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 1.746 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 3.7100 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 2.185 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 82 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 3.8121 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 3.353 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.0128 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.4119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.846 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.77 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2437 days ago · -3 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.067 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.1123 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.843 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 100 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.0107 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.12 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.975 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.532 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.9116 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.0114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2452 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.9116 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.744 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.2114 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.231 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0201pkn8dw (also filed as us70007sty). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:21 PM UTC.