Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 161 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 161 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska on Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 6:14 PM AKDT (02:14 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.9 112 km E of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-09 02:14:44 UTC
Depth
0.6 km (0.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.804° N, 155.773° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9167 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.6137 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.275 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.3167 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 1.9128 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.5147 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 3.9197 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 5.6181 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.2191 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.7118 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.3160 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.0157 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.9144 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.7168 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 3.1south of Alaska · 1825 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 4.8137 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  17. 2.4165 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.8152 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.9167 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 3.0119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.5114 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 2.4106 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 6.9112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 320 · tsunami flag
  24. 4.2115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 3.5113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 2.9118 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 2.6115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 2.9114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 3.5116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 3.0117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 3.0119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 3.0114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.1115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 2.3113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1814 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 2.3114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 2.5115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 2.5114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 2.4115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 2.4117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 2.5114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 2.2120 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 2.4116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.9116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 1813 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 2.8119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 2.2118 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 2.3113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 2.4119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.4115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 2.5117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 2.4115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 2.6113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 2.4116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 2.3117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 65 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 2.6119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
  57. 2.3123 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 2.2123 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 2.3132 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 3.6113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 161.

Before

  1. 3.0190 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.9165 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.6177 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.8199 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.2118 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 3.5105 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.9185 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 3.3164 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.2119 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 1.8157 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 3.3158 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.5161 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.8124 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.0122 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.6136 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.7146 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.290 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 3.0169 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 1.6south of Alaska · 1856 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 1.892 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021bkspf39. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC.