Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 70 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 70 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska on Sun, Jun 13, 2021, 4:58 AM AKDT (12:58 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 99 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Sand Point forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-13 12:58:02 UTC
Depth
59.8 km (37.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.523° N, 157.342° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.197 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.577 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.882 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 55 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 3.715 km NW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.815 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 83 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.287 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 65 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.5110 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.3124 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 81 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.645 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.042 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.172 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 55 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 1.961 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.9100 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 3.226 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 122 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.125 km SSE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.674 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 77 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.861 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 90 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.961 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 80 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.3115 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.188 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.2114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 2.243 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 2.346 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 1.887 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 89 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 1.927 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 111 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 1.655 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 2.261 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 93 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1888 days ago · 94 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 1.9118 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.2122 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 5.799 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 4.1113 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 3.160 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 2.453 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.940 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 2.551 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 3.0106 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 3.3101 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 3.3113 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 2.595 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 2.349 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 3.356 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 2.188 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 2.3110 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 2.171 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 2.3104 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 2.372 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 2.0135 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 2.0112 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 2.090 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 4.2130 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 2.6115 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 1.974 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 1.980 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 2.073 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 1.768 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 1.767 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 1.9130 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 1.965 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 2.3101 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 75 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 98.

Before

  1. 2.8107 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.084 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 89 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.8104 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.4105 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 82 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.889 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.633 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 141 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.686 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 71 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 2.471 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.873 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0217jfmjys. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC.