M3.1 earthquake 231 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska

Magnitude

3.1 (ml), minor

Local time

Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 9:43 AM AKST

UTC

2020-01-06 18:43:19 UTC

Depth

4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

55.892° N, 150.151° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 8.2 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

225°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

47

• Womens Bay, AlaskaPopulation 719. Forecast251 kmSE
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast592 kmS

After

1. 3.1227 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaTue, Jan 7, 3:06 AM AKST · 2455 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
2. 4.3258 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaMon, Jan 13, 12:00 AM AKST · 2449 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
3. 2.7238 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaTue, Jan 14, 4:48 AM AKST · 2448 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
4. 3.2200 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaTue, Jan 14, 2:10 PM AKST · 2447 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
5. 2.8198 km SSE of Chiniak, AlaskaFri, Jan 17, 6:49 PM AKST · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
6. 2.5245 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaMon, Jan 20, 10:49 AM AKST · 2441 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
7. 2.8242 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaWed, Jan 22, 12:35 PM AKST · 2439 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
8. 3.5267 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaThu, Jan 23, 7:47 AM AKST · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
9. 3.3256 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaSat, Jan 25, 12:07 AM AKST · 2437 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
10. 3.4242 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaWed, Jan 29, 1:43 AM AKST · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
11. 4.2199 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaThu, Jan 30, 6:00 AM AKST · 2432 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
12. 3.0195 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaThu, Jan 30, 9:02 AM AKST · 2432 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
13. 5.1270 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaFri, Jan 31, 2:25 AM AKST · 2431 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
14. 3.4276 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaTue, Feb 4, 12:25 PM AKST · 2426 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
15. 2.8Gulf of AlaskaTue, Feb 4, 6:00 PM AKST · 2426 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
16. 3.0238 km ESE of Chiniak, AlaskaSun, Feb 9, 5:19 PM AKST · 2421 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
17. 3.4290 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaThu, Feb 13, 3:28 AM AKST · 2418 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
18. 3.2243 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaSat, Feb 15, 6:52 AM AKST · 2416 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
19. 3.0222 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaTue, Feb 18, 9:02 AM AKST · 2413 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
20. 3.2238 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaTue, Feb 18, 2:30 PM AKST · 2412 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
21. 2.8235 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaThu, Feb 20, 2:05 PM AKST · 2410 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
22. 3.2240 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaFri, Feb 21, 2:56 AM AKST · 2410 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
23. 2.9238 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaFri, Feb 21, 12:59 PM AKST · 2409 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
24. 3.0232 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaSun, Feb 23, 5:34 PM AKST · 2407 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
25. 2.9263 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaWed, Feb 26, 9:43 PM AKST · 2404 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
26. 2.7217 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaFri, Feb 28, 9:34 PM AKST · 2402 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
27. 3.8227 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaSun, Mar 1, 6:05 PM AKST · 2400 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
28. 3.2Gulf of AlaskaMon, Mar 2, 4:15 PM AKST · 2399 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
29. 2.9216 km ESE of Chiniak, AlaskaWed, Mar 4, 12:58 PM AKST · 2397 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
30. 3.5268 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaThu, Mar 5, 3:43 AM AKST · 2397 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
31. 3.2259 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaFri, Mar 6, 4:55 AM AKST · 2396 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away

Before

1. 3.1235 km SSE of Chiniak, AlaskaMon, Jan 6, 12:51 AM AKST · 2456 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
2. 3.0215 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaMon, Jan 6, 12:09 AM AKST · 2456 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
3. 5.0217 km SSE of Old Harbor, AlaskaWed, Jan 1, 11:54 PM AKST · 2460 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
4. 2.9222 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaMon, Dec 30, 4:52 AM AKST · 2463 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
5. 3.1248 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaSat, Dec 28, 4:25 AM AKST · 2465 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
6. 3.2254 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaWed, Dec 25, 12:33 PM AKST · 2467 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
7. 3.0239 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaWed, Dec 25, 5:51 AM AKST · 2468 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
8. 2.8204 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaTue, Dec 24, 11:31 PM AKST · 2468 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
9. 2.8219 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaThu, Dec 19, 12:36 PM AKST · 2473 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
10. 3.0246 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaTue, Dec 17, 2:07 AM AKST · 2476 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
11. 3.1246 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaTue, Dec 17, 2:01 AM AKST · 2476 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
12. 3.1235 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaMon, Dec 16, 10:36 PM AKST · 2476 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
13. 3.1263 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaMon, Dec 16, 5:35 PM AKST · 2476 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
14. 3.0229 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaSun, Dec 15, 7:33 AM AKST · 2478 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
15. 3.0189 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaThu, Dec 12, 11:28 PM AKST · 2480 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
16. 3.0197 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaTue, Dec 10, 3:34 PM AKST · 2482 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
17. 3.6208 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaTue, Dec 10, 1:50 PM AKST · 2482 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
18. 3.7216 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaTue, Dec 10, 1:41 PM AKST · 2482 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
19. 3.7234 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaSun, Dec 8, 11:48 PM AKST · 2484 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
20. 3.2234 km SE of Chiniak, AlaskaSun, Dec 8, 9:24 AM AKST · 2485 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700070kc (also filed as ak020a8771r). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:02 AM UTC.