M2.2 earthquake Alaska Peninsula
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Sun, Aug 27, 2023, 1:37 AM AKDT (09:37 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 76 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-08-27 09:37:42 UTC
- Depth
- 73.0 km (45.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 56.005° N, 158.855° 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
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.959 km NNE of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.254 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.538 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 57 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.812 km NW of Perryville, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 84 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1128 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.562 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1127 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.847 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1125 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.170 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.174 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.762 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.172 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1115 days ago · 121 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.064 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.176 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.613 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 88 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.754 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.864 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.122 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 56 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.565 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.859 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.541 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1103 days ago · 88 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.76 km N of Perryville, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 73 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.547 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.047 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 135 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1101 days ago · 98 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.453 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.261 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.464 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.170 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.954 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.325 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.048 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1084 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.049 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1084 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.067 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1084 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.438 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.728 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.117 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 70 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.146 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.756 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.939 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.048 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1076 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 2.148 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.967 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 102 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.071 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.741 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 141 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.670 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 1140 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.940 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 134 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 88 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 62 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 67 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.959 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.911 km ENE of Perryville, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 78 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.150 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.679 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.17 km NNE of Perryville, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 74 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.315 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 77 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.819 km SSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 104 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.647 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
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