Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 24 km E of Perryville, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 24 km E of Perryville, Alaska on Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 9:57 PM AKST (06:57 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 59 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-12-28 06:57:47 UTC
Depth
72.7 km (45.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.871° N, 158.767° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.135 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 122 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.161 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.068 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 2.364 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.438 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 2.158 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.332 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.535 km NNE of Chignik, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.617 km NE of Perryville, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 2.359 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.787 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.057 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 999 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 4.659 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 993 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.057 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 991 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 3.110 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 987 days ago · 77 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 3.654 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 987 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.262 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 984 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.355 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 983 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.2108 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 982 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.330 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 981 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 2.134 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 978 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.661 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 977 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 1.842 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 976 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 2.2102 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 974 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 2.160 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 974 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 2.4100 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 974 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 2.362 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 974 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 2.532 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 973 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 2.373 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 971 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 2.235 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 969 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 2.538 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 967 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 1.973 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 965 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 2.141 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 965 days ago · 40 km deep · 27 km away
  34. 2.076 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 965 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 1.737 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 965 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 2.934 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 961 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 2.369 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 960 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 2.167 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 959 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 2.462 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 958 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 2.116 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 958 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 2.743 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 958 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 1.844 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 958 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 1.846 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 957 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 2.090 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 956 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 1.949 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 951 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
  46. 2.117 km NNW of Perryville, Alaska · 951 days ago · 95 km deep · 36 km away
  47. 1.972 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 951 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 1.958 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.016 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.170 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.040 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.216 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.419 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.437 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.964 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.580 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.231 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 56 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 1.831 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.859 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 3.061 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.913 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.237 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1020 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.49 km ENE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 109 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 2.032 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.863 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.958 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.465 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1027 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away

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