M2.7 earthquake 106 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 106 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 3:11 AM AKST (12:11 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 74 km SE of Old Harbor, 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
- 2024-01-24 12:11:04 UTC
- Depth
- 11.6 km (7.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.036° N, 150.863° 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
- 78
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8167 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 972 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.4200 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 960 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.668 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 956 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.874 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 942 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.236 km E of Chiniak, Alaska · 938 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.098 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 928 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 2.287 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 925 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02413w3w7v (also filed as us7000ltgd). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:57 AM UTC.