M2.0 earthquake 131 km E of Chignik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 131 km E of Chignik, Alaska on Mon, May 4, 2020, 9:13 PM AKDT (05:13 UTC), 65 km (41 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
- 2020-05-05 05:13:08 UTC
- Depth
- 65.2 km (40.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.150° N, 156.302° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.871 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.372 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.797 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 82 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0124 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 78 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.2119 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.377 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2326 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.4104 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.6134 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 62 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.8121 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2116 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.569 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2305 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.945 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9123 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0139 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 56 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.483 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 77 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9105 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6101 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.949 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2299 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.559 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2291 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.137 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.0136 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 58 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.2101 km W of Akhiok, AK · 2286 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.095 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.781 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 88 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 2.5124 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 70 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1113 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.571 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2109 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.6155 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.3114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.593 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.062 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.640 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0205sgrp8c. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC.