Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Mon, Nov 7, 2022, 12:34 PM AKST (21:34 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 104 km E of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-11-07 21:34:17 UTC
Depth
50.3 km (31.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.213° N, 157.907° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.6ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.4ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations

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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 3.6116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.865 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.0110 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.111 km ESE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.965 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.831 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.830 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 3.9104 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.456 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1414 days ago · 36 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.927 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1414 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.9108 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1412 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.5109 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1411 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.956 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1411 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.196 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1405 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.0109 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.172 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.851 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 46 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.039 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.517 km NW of Perryville, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.910 km SSE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 93 km deep · 50 km away
  22. 2.283 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 1.530 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 2.279 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 2.38 km N of Chignik, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 88 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 1.751 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 41 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 2.315 km SE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 2.166 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 2.155 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 2.153 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 1.933 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 2.050 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 2.847 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 2.588 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 1.742 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  36. 1.9114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 1.755 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 1.9128 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1382 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 2.099 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 2.3112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1380 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.543 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 51 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 2.253 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 94 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 3.0112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 1.526 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 2.056 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 3.3110 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 2.1105 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 2.158 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 1375 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 2.468 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.962 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  54. 2.176 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  55. 2.59 km SW of Perryville, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 2.673 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 2.087 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 2.4125 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.631 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 2.2106 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 1.724 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.077 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1429 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1431 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.2100 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.8119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1437 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.625 km N of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 4.4119 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.8125 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.527 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1445 days ago · 85 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.938 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 58 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 1.934 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 82 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 1446 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 2.631 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.350 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.085 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.9109 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.344 km NNE of Chignik, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 86 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 3.2114 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away

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