Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 44 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 44 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska on Sun, Feb 19, 2023, 10:03 PM AKST (07:03 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 32 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-02-20 07:03:35 UTC
Depth
3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.185° N, 157.721° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1318 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1318 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.329 km N of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 97 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 3.1116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.941 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.345 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.540 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.837 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.937 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1317 days ago · -3 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.235 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.033 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.367 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.837 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.273 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 84 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 3.147 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.631 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.933 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.244 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.737 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1313 days ago · -3 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1313 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 1.837 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1313 days ago · -2 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 2.033 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1313 days ago · -2 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 2.934 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 1.932 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.827 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 1310 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 2.030 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1310 days ago · -3 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 2.130 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 1.936 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 1.530 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 2.036 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 3.132 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 3.2113 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 3.0112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 2.135 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 2.536 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 1.736 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 1.627 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 1.767 km NNE of Chignik, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 2.133 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1307 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 1.730 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.033 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 2.136 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 1.932 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 2.130 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 2.130 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1305 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 2.036 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 2.129 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 2.528 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 2.436 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 1.633 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 1.532 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  57. 2.252 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 2.132 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 1.834 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 1.869 km NNE of Chignik, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Before

  1. 2.057 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 122 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.935 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.835 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.028 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.2111 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.033 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 3.230 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.639 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1321 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.5119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.3125 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.133 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 1.831 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.389 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 2.7116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.133 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.931 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.740 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.933 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1331 days ago · 74 km deep · 38 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0232cglg83. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC.