Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 78 km E of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 78 km E of Chignik, Alaska on Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 4:11 AM AKDT (12:11 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 105 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-10 12:11:55 UTC
Depth
22.7 km (14.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.179° N, 157.155° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.127 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.670 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.7101 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.6114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.561 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 55 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.7114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.191 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.4139 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.348 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.6132 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 2.5161 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.151 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 3.319 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 96 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.331 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 92 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1962 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.558 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 2.471 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.686 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 3.4105 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 82 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.8104 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.084 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 89 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 2.8107 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 2.4106 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 1.9115 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.586 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.534 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.630 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 3.035 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.823 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.668 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.328 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.446 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 1.851 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.459 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 93 km deep · 76 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0214lkydta. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:51 PM UTC.