Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 12:09 AM AKST (09:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2020-01-06 09:09:30 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.041° N, 150.227° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 4.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
241°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.1235 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 3.1231 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 3.1227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 3.5237 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.3258 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.7238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 3.2200 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 2.8198 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.5245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.8242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 3.5267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 3.3256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 3.4242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 4.2199 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 3.0195 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 5.1270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  17. 3.4276 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.8Gulf of Alaska · 2425 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 3.0238 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 3.4290 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 3.2243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 3.0222 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 3.2238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 2.8235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 3.2240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 2.9238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 3.0232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 2.9263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 2.7217 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 3.8227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 3.2Gulf of Alaska · 2398 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 2.9216 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 3.5268 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away

Before

  1. 5.0217 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  2. 2.9222 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 3.1248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.2254 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 3.0239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.8204 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.9143 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.8219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 3.0246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 3.1246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 3.1235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 3.1263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 3.0229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 3.0189 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 3.0137 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.2229 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 3.0197 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 3.6208 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 3.7216 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 3.7234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006vbk (also filed as ak020a2n4mp). Read Fri, Sep 25, 2026, 9:17 PM UTC.