M3.1 earthquake 288 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 288 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska on Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 1:10 PM AKDT (21:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 213 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-16 21:10:56 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.582° N, 147.909° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 221°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.3213 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 724 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8235 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 723 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.7251 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 718 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.0273 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 711 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.2272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 711 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.2274 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 711 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.9235 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 701 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8263 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 687 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.1270 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 686 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nebs (also filed as ak024bycalbw). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:57 AM UTC.