Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 44 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 44 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska on Sun, Oct 13, 2024, 12:12 AM AKDT (08:12 UTC), 49 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 9 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-10-13 08:12:33 UTC
Depth
49.1 km (30.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.209° N, 157.710° 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
2.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.953 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 715 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.794 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 715 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.026 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 715 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 2.517 km N of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 713 days ago · 100 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.289 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 712 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.837 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 711 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.320 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 704 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.2109 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 704 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.2110 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 703 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.5120 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 702 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.260 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 702 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.95 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 701 days ago · 80 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.2125 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 700 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.463 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 698 days ago · 72 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.373 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 693 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 2.1119 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 691 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.115 km ENE of Perryville, Alaska · 689 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.364 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 689 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.730 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 688 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 3.19 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 688 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.069 km SSW of Pilot Point, Alaska · 687 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.076 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 687 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.421 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 682 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 2.195 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 679 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 1.962 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 679 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 1.9113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 678 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 1.8101 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 678 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 2.065 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 677 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.9127 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 675 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 2.3110 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 675 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 2.4112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 675 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 2.254 km NNE of Chignik, Alaska · 674 days ago · 100 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 2.120 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 673 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.292 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 671 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 1.928 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 670 days ago · 62 km deep · 16 km away
  36. 2.645 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 667 days ago · 76 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 2.455 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 667 days ago · 53 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 1.9114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 665 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 2.0114 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 665 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 1.876 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 665 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 1.8117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 665 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 2.156 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 665 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 2.039 km NNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 665 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.4120 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 664 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 2.287 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 664 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 2.6134 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 663 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.739 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 663 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 1.870 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 663 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.348 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 663 days ago · 51 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 1.567 km NNE of Chignik, Alaska · 662 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 2.262 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 661 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 2.8100 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 661 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 2.3113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 722 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.923 km NNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 722 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.053 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 725 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.485 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 726 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.479 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 727 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.793 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 729 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.84 km NNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 729 days ago · 96 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 2.166 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 732 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.118 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 732 days ago · 69 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.763 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 734 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.328 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 734 days ago · 84 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.36 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 736 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.388 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 736 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.464 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 737 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.633 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 738 days ago · 57 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 2.763 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 738 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.752 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 739 days ago · 55 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 3.197 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 742 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 3.786 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 743 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.697 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 744 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024d6s2ogk (also filed as us6000nyg0). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.