Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 32 km SE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 32 km SE of Chignik, Alaska on Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 11:56 PM AKST (08:56 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 119 km SE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-17 08:56:07 UTC
Depth
47.2 km (29.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.069° N, 158.076° 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

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Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.233 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.241 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.12 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 92 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.0107 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 3.067 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.77 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2438 days ago · -3 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.961 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.036 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 3.5119 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.457 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.125 km N of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 106 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.536 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.1104 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.699 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2396 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.3101 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 2.9116 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.2114 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.231 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.574 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.637 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.661 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.874 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020s98dzo (also filed as us600085pe). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:45 PM UTC.