M3.9 earthquake 174 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 174 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska on Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 12:04 PM AKDT (20:04 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (Mwr, regional moment), minor
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-10-28 20:04:00 UTC
- Depth
- 9.4 km (5.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.518° N, 155.977° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Strongest shaking
- II, weak shaking
- 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | Mwr, regional moment | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preferred · Preliminary |
| 3.9 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed · ±0.043 · 53 stations |
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- II, weak shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 0.2% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 0.1 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 3.9 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 254°, dip 82°, rake -39°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 351°, dip 51°, rake -170°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 165
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9190 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 703 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.5120 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 702 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.6152 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 700 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 678 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8101 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 678 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.4112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 675 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0114 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 665 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8150 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 665 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.2169 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 663 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.6134 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 663 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.7159 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 649 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.6155 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 647 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.3168 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 644 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.9113 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 644 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.6129 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 643 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024dvs88t2 (also filed as us7000nnp1). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC.