Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 87 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 87 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska on Sat, Feb 6, 2021, 7:49 PM AKST (04:49 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 90 km SE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2021-02-07 04:49:03 UTC
Depth
9.4 km (5.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.983° N, 157.107° 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

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Stations used
101

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.4137 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.868 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.953 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 3.675 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.847 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.4123 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.427 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.672 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 3.650 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.554 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.558 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.3112 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 3.1116 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.223 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.757 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.445 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 94 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.237 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.459 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 93 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.446 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.328 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.823 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 3.790 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 3.035 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 2.630 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 2.534 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 2.9141 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 2.441 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.1113 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.4117 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.781 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.376 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.0134 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 3.2Alaska Peninsula · 2065 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.077 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.877 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2070 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.5126 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.473 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.499 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 46 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.033 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 3.1138 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.7132 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 3.277 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.1south of Alaska · 2081 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.518 km SSE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211qx3fg5 (also filed as us6000df9w). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC.