Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 275 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 275 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Mon, Jul 1, 2024, 11:26 PM AKDT (07:26 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-07-02 07:26:02 UTC
Depth
13.9 km (8.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.769° N, 149.277° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 5.9 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
261°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.0220 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 815 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 3.0253 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 808 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.2251 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 805 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 2.6237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 803 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 3.2264 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 803 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.6262 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 799 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.6218 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 799 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 3.1219 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 782 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.8245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 782 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 3.2225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 778 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 3.1269 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 772 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.8214 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 771 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 3.6234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 771 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.7237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 769 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 4.2249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 819 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 3.2273 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 828 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 3.5191 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 836 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.9227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 848 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ng5j (also filed as ak0248gf7h43). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:28 AM UTC.