Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 146 km SE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 146 km SE of Chignik, Alaska on Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 9:14 PM AKDT (05:14 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 137 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 9:14 PM AKDT
UTC: 2021-09-01 05:14:24 UTC
Depth: 9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 55.396° N, 156.685° 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: 22

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast241 kmE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 132 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 132.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021b7m6x2l (also filed as us7000fbm2). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:08 PM UTC.