Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 27 km E of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 27 km E of Chignik, Alaska on Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 6:57 AM AKDT (14:57 UTC), 62 km (39 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
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-10 14:57:06 UTC
Depth
62.3 km (38.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.286° N, 157.967° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.670 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.6114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.561 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.7114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.191 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.348 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 2.151 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 90 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 3.319 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 96 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 2.331 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 92 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1961 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.558 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.471 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.686 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.633 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 141 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 3.4105 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.084 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 89 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.8107 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 2.378 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.4106 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.534 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 65 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 1.831 km N of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.630 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 3.035 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 57 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 3.790 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.823 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 63 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 1.668 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 83 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.251 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.328 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 78 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 2.446 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 1.851 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.459 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 93 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0214lmf076. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:31 AM UTC.