M2.1 earthquake 12 km ENE of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 12 km ENE of Chiniak, Alaska on Fri, Mar 24, 2023, 10:28 PM AKDT (06:28 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 Kodiak Island region, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-25 06:28:01 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.637° N, 152.086° 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
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.834 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.958 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.525 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.734 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.593 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.624 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.032 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.522 km E of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1279 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.7Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.623 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1277 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1276 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.834 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.933 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.616 km E of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.940 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.920 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.59 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1263 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.58 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.881 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.3Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.872 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1260 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.746 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.0107 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.933 km NE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1258 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1255 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.047 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1253 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.861 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1253 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Port Lions, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.145 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1249 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1246 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.968 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1244 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.712 km NNE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1244 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1244 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.490 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.859 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1239 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1239 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.044 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1239 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1234 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.128 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 2.022 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.156 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.483 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.241 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.218 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.957 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.472 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.292 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.716 km NE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.012 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.964 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.842 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.35 km SW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.949 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.921 km NNE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.763 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.859 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
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