Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 43 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 43 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska on Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 2:32 PM AKST (23:32 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 122 km SE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-02-18 23:32:00 UTC
Depth
54.1 km (33.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.177° N, 157.733° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.7ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.059 · 38 stations

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
69

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9104 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 958 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.6108 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 958 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.378 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 956 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.257 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 954 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.949 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 953 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.117 km NNW of Perryville, Alaska · 952 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.972 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 952 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 2.69 km N of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 950 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 1.87 km W of Perryville, Alaska · 947 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.081 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 946 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.439 km NNE of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 946 days ago · 104 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.872 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 946 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.341 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 944 days ago · 89 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 1.628 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 943 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 2.617 km NNE of Perryville, Alaska · 943 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.3115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 943 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.6118 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 942 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.534 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 941 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.288 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 941 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.1116 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 940 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 2.085 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 940 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 2.6127 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 940 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.883 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 936 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 2.096 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 936 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 1.614 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 934 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 2.365 km NNE of Chignik, Alaska · 933 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 3.032 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 932 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 2.6115 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 927 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 2.582 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 927 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 2.9109 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 927 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 2.2119 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 927 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.1107 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 926 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 2.6111 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 926 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 2.123 km ENE of Perryville, Alaska · 925 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 1.761 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 924 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 2.3120 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 922 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 2.066 km NNE of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 922 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 1.956 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 922 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 1.671 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 921 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
  40. 1.770 km NNE of Chignik, Alaska · 921 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 2.074 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 921 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 2.1126 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 920 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 2.574 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 919 days ago · 97 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 2.5104 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 919 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 2.515 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 919 days ago · 86 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 2.466 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 919 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
  47. 2.3127 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 919 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 3.3117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 918 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.467 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 917 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 4.0122 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 916 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 2.059 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 914 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
  52. 2.6113 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 913 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 2.094 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 912 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 2.3120 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 912 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.258 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 910 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.374 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 909 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 2.254 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 909 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.776 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 909 days ago · 88 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 2.360 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 907 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.1107 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 907 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 65.

Before

  1. 1.994 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 959 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.116 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 959 days ago · 66 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.190 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 960 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.654 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 962 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.971 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 966 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.141 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 966 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.973 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 966 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 2.9131 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 970 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.235 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 970 days ago · 84 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.5103 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 970 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.3119 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 972 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.1114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 975 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.2102 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 975 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.457 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 976 days ago · 70 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.296 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 977 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.842 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 977 days ago · 76 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.3117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 978 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.669 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 978 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.8103 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 978 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.661 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 978 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02429f7qxo (also filed as us7000m032). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC.