M2.4 earthquake 175 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 175 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 9, 2021, 4:15 AM AKDT (12:15 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 217 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-09 12:15:51 UTC
- Depth
- 11.8 km (7.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.041° N, 149.572° 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.
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0146 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.1217 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0247 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9246 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.1208 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.8242 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.9261 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.8227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.1224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.6181 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.4Gulf of Alaska · 1827 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.3216 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.3210 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3245 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.9228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 2.7259 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.0225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.8212 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.9257 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.1266 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.9220 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.0258 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.8260 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.2248 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.5247 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.6257 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.1250 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.3246 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0250 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.7261 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021a5p082s. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:29 AM UTC.