M3.0 earthquake 169 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 169 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska on Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 2:05 AM AKDT (10:05 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 158 km SE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-31 10:05:09 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.582° N, 156.009° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.4 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 206°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7146 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.8137 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6136 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0122 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.5161 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.3158 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.8157 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.2119 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.6153 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.3164 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.9118 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.9185 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.2118 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.8199 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.0242 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5115 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.1139 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.6177 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.4205 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9165 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.8110 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.0190 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.2161 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.9167 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.6137 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.275 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.3167 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.9128 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.5147 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.8149 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8148 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.9197 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.6181 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 3.2191 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.1200 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 2.3160 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0157 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.9144 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7168 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.1south of Alaska · 1820 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.8137 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 2.4165 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.8152 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9167 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.0119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3127 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5114 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.4106 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 6.9112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 320 · tsunami flag
- 4.2115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.5113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.9118 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.6115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.9114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.5116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.0117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.0119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.0114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.1115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 174.
Before
- 1.6south of Alaska · 1850 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.892 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.1144 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.8190 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.7144 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.0158 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.377 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5136 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9144 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.4170 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.6147 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.5155 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8163 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4131 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.4147 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6158 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6166 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.4156 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.4162 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
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