Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 41 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 41 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska on Mon, Aug 29, 2022, 9:21 AM AKDT (17:21 UTC), 54 km (33 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 114 km E of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-08-29 17:21:30 UTC
Depth
53.6 km (33.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.976° N, 158.062° 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
3.0ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
3.2ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.051 · 50 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
92

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.038 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 50 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 1.661 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.075 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.554 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 63 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.381 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.832 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 85 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.782 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.354 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 54 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.230 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 121 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.333 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.258 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.1116 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.916 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 65 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 2.093 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.182 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.995 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.6115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.9111 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.424 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 57 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 4.4114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 2.79 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.4109 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.137 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 58 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 2.5112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 1478 days ago · 59 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1478 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1478 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 2.54 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 99 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.0120 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 2.1116 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.0102 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 2.510 km SE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.138 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 75 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 2.110 km NNW of Perryville, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 2.1132 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 1.993 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 2.063 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 2.027 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 1.654 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 1.873 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 2.572 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
  42. 2.3109 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 2.236 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
  44. 1.779 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 2.421 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 2.127 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 2.1111 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.53 km SSW of Perryville, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 1.858 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 2.152 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 110 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 1.690 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 4.3112 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  53. 3.3124 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 2.360 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 2.2112 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 2.132 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 3.9126 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 2.2126 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 2.023 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 66 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 4.3Alaska Peninsula · 1453 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 79.

Before

  1. 2.043 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 2.094 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.081 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.434 km NNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 144 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.737 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.191 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.4111 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.452 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 43 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 2.172 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.011 km NNW of Perryville, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 111 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.5115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 3.027 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.227 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 93 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.965 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.5108 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.445 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 82 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.3113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.760 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.566 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.119 km SE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 92 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022b2urknx (also filed as us7000i3g4). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC.