M2.7 earthquake 278 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 278 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska on Mon, Jan 2, 2023, 5:30 PM AKST (02:30 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 277 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-03 02:30:49 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.036° N, 147.784° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 225°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0224 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.7279 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8Gulf of Alaska · 1325 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.6203 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.8277 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.2262 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9255 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7248 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 2.9248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.0Gulf of Alaska · 1372 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.8247 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.5213 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.0245 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j5mt (also filed as ak0234zzlh5). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:18 PM UTC.