Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 114 km E of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 114 km E of Chignik, Alaska on Mon, Apr 19, 2021, 4:00 AM AKDT (12:00 UTC), 35 km (22 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
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-19 12:00:49 UTC
Depth
34.9 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.167° N, 156.572° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
67

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.191 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.4139 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 70 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 2.348 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.6132 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 59 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.5161 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 3.319 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 96 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.331 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 92 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1964 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.558 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.471 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.686 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.889 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 3.4105 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 82 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.8104 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 2.084 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 89 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.8107 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 1.770 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.197 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.577 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 2.561 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.6114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 51 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 2.7101 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.670 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.127 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.378 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.4106 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 37 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 1.9115 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.586 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.534 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.084 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.823 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.685 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.668 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02150gq4w1 (also filed as us6000e2v8). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:50 PM UTC.