Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 87 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 87 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska on Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 4:58 PM AKST (01:58 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 55 km SE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-31 01:58:31 UTC
Depth
43.5 km (27.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.574° N, 157.081° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.4125 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1370 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.631 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.2106 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.120 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1368 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.878 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 1.737 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.7111 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 48 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.936 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 95 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.6103 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.891 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.761 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 1.79 km N of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.774 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.770 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.998 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 1.726 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 95 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.826 km N of Chignik, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 93 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.7107 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 2.191 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 47 km deep · 4 km away
  22. 1.571 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1363 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.171 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 2.189 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 78 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 1.743 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 1.872 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
  28. 1.535 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.667 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 1.877 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 2.099 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 50 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 2.099 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 1.896 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 58 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 1.871 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 50 km deep · 17 km away
  35. 2.036 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 1.894 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 2.0117 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 1.960 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 86 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 2.7122 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 2.0128 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 2.2129 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 2.1117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 1.729 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1348 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 2.625 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 2.085 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 2.3122 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1344 days ago · 65 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 2.172 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 2.546 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 2.3110 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
  52. 2.044 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 3.0129 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 2.894 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 2.4104 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 3.488 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1339 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 2.2119 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
  59. 1.681 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 1.847 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 51 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of 129.

Before

  1. 2.176 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 1.962 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 1375 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.158 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.579 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.056 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.878 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.076 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.378 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 1.526 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 3.0112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.253 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 94 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.080 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.543 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1381 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.130 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 111 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.3112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1382 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 1.8102 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.9128 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away

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