M2.3 earthquake 225 km SE of Chignik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 225 km SE of Chignik, Alaska on Wed, Jul 27, 2022, 8:47 PM AKDT (04:47 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 south of Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-28 04:47:03 UTC
- Depth
- 11.8 km (7.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.658° N, 156.297° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.2174 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0189 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.5south of Alaska · 1510 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.4197 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.6146 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0148 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6191 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.3173 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.1204 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3215 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.3206 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.1south of Alaska · 1494 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.0193 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9216 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.1217 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5south of Alaska · 1492 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5south of Alaska · 1492 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.4225 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.6192 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.7195 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.8south of Alaska · 1489 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.7south of Alaska · 1488 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5219 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1167 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.6176 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.5136 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3209 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1132 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 2.3290 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1531 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.8219 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.7208 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.6206 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1544 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.3176 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1544 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6198 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1550 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.2Alaska Peninsula · 1551 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.1198 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1553 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.5251 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1554 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0229lpzchf. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC.