Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 217 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 217 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska on Wed, Mar 30, 2022, 3:18 AM AKDT (11:18 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-03-30 11:18:56 UTC
Depth
11.3 km (7.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.674° N, 149.123° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7199 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.2220 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.1202 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.7186 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.3229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 3.0230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 2.6240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.5224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1624 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.4169 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1624 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 2.8225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1623 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 2.0233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.4235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.4253 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 1.9207 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 3.1270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 3.0267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.5243 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 2.7238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.6226 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.7214 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 2.8Gulf of Alaska · 1602 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 2.8248 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 2.1198 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 2.7211 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 2.1225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 1.7192 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 2.4240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away

Before

  1. 2.8222 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1643 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.8186 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1644 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 3.2261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1647 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 3.6267 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.9240 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 2.4198 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.5Gulf of Alaska · 1649 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.7271 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 3.0273 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 3.7255 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1653 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 3.2252 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.7259 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.7135 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 3.2247 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 4.4273 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02243dhmu4. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:29 PM UTC.