Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 132 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 132 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska on Mon, May 3, 2021, 6:46 PM AKDT (02:46 UTC), 59 km (36 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
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-04 02:46:18 UTC
Depth
58.7 km (36.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.073° N, 156.303° 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
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5161 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1963 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.558 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.686 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 3.4105 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.8104 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.084 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 89 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.8107 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.272 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.770 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.197 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.577 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.882 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.4100 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.9192 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.287 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.5110 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 54 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 2.3124 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 81 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 2.4139 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 70 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 2.191 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.7114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.561 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.6114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 51 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 2.7101 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.378 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.4106 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.9115 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.586 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215p43sqr (also filed as us7000dzvz). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:59 PM UTC.