Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 33 km E of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 33 km E of Chignik, Alaska on Sun, Jan 24, 2021, 4:12 PM AKST (01:12 UTC), 57 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 75 km SE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-25 01:12:58 UTC
Depth
57.3 km (35.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.302° N, 157.863° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.499 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.473 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.526 km WSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2069 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.877 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.617 km SSE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.077 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 3.2Alaska Peninsula · 2063 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.725 km NNW of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.725 km NNW of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.928 km NNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.825 km NW of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.781 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 2.441 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.333 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 3.287 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.868 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.033 km SSE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 108 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.953 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 57 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 2.432 km NNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 2.735 km NNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 3.675 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 2.035 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 2.847 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 2.849 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.427 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 63 km deep · 6 km away
  28. 2.672 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 2.957 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 2.38 km WNW of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 111 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 3.650 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 2.554 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 2.558 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 60 km deep · 25 km away
  34. 2.3112 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 3.1116 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 2.223 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 68 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 2.222 km S of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 2.153 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 2.757 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 2.445 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 2.237 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 65 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 2.620 km N of Perryville, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 2.459 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 93 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 1.851 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 2.446 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
  46. 2.328 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away
  47. 2.251 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 1.668 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 2.561 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.948 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 3.277 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.518 km SSE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 3.5117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.595 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.190 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 93 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.41 km NNW of Perryville, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.515 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 72 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 2.411 km WNW of Perryville, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.415 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.940 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 67 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.439 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 2.280 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.6101 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.4127 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.315 km SE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.137 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 54 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 1.9120 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02115d3t0x (also filed as us6000deze). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC.