M3.4 earthquake 261 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 261 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska on Fri, May 7, 2021, 7:58 AM AKDT (15:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 264 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
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-07 15:58:13 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.482° N, 148.501° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 251°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9250 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.7221 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.9240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.8264 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 3.4251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.6Gulf of Alaska · 1957 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.4215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3221 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.0240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.7216 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8220 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.9207 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.9235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.8253 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.0227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.2222 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1267 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.9231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.5256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.9263 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.8238 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.1264 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.9260 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.8236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.5235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.3271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.5246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.8286 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1240 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 2.8215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.8206 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.0246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.5265 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.5249 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.6247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.9259 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.7Gulf of Alaska · 1983 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.8264 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.1235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7166 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.8234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.9244 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.3259 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.9217 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
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