Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 71 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 71 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska on Wed, Apr 6, 2022, 12:28 PM AKDT (20:28 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 133 km SE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-04-06 20:28:51 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.738° N, 157.821° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8145 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 1635 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.5146 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.8110 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.6126 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.781 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.3118 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.952 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.3122 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.071 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 1.954 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.18 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1630 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 3.094 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1630 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.330 km SSE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 1627 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 3.3137 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1627 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.283 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1626 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.173 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1625 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.059 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1625 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.719 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1624 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.2114 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1624 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.963 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 2.016 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.068 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 2.3124 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.0117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.4102 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 2.0100 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.890 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 2.169 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 1.713 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 1.667 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 2.069 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 2.655 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.6150 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 3.9106 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.493 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 2.7140 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 2.7108 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.36 km ESE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 2.3108 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 2.3156 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 1.972 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
  43. 2.181 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 2.480 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 2.027 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 3.2142 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 2.7142 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 4.5147 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 2.453 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 1.89 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 97 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 2.295 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 2.086 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 2.5110 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 2.4158 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 1.675 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 3.0135 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 2.050 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.056 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 52 km deep · 26 km away
  59. 1.878 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 1.860 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

  1. 2.183 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.449 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.976 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1647 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.5158 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1647 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.725 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1650 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.544 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1650 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.945 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.0124 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.645 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.1114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1653 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.928 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.317 km SW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.4106 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1656 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.9117 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 3.2113 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.732 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1663 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.424 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.971 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away

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