Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 77 km SE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 77 km SE of Chignik, Alaska on Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 12:23 AM AKST (09:23 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 114 km SE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-28 09:23:13 UTC
Depth
9.1 km (5.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.909° N, 157.366° 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
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.2Alaska Peninsula · 2064 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.0134 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.376 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.781 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 2.441 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 3.287 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.4137 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.868 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.953 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 3.675 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.847 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.849 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.427 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.672 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 43 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.570 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.38 km WNW of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 111 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 3.650 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.554 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.558 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 2.3112 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 3.1116 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 2.223 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.222 km S of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 3.1101 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 2.757 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 3.7114 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.5102 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 2.445 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 2.237 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 2.399 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.494 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 2.446 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 2.328 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 78 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 3.093 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.823 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2069 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.473 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.499 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.033 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.561 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.680 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 3.1138 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 3.372 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.7132 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 3.277 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.1south of Alaska · 2080 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.518 km SSE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.570 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 3.5117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.595 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 4.2109 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.515 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.415 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.940 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.439 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 56 km deep · 39 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211agjks5 (also filed as us6000dg61). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:30 AM UTC.