Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 36 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 36 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska on Sun, Apr 27, 2025, 2:48 PM AKDT (22:48 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 30 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-04-27 22:48:51 UTC
Depth
44.5 km (27.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.157° N, 157.874° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.546 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 522 days ago · 49 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.239 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 520 days ago · 50 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.295 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 517 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.963 km NNW of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 514 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.759 km NNW of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 514 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.9114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 512 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.065 km NNE of Chignik, Alaska · 510 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.9114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 509 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.7133 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 506 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.987 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 503 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.0115 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 503 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.249 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 502 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.264 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 500 days ago · 99 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.457 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 499 days ago · 49 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.224 km WSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 498 days ago · 89 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.319 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 498 days ago · 62 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.693 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 497 days ago · 75 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.294 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 496 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.912 km SSW of Chignik, Alaska · 495 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 2.232 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 495 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.970 km NNE of Chignik, Alaska · 495 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.8134 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 495 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 3.330 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 493 days ago · 85 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 1.860 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 491 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.640 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 491 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 2.153 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 490 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 2.519 km SSW of Chignik, Alaska · 489 days ago · 65 km deep · 38 km away
  28. 2.817 km NNW of Perryville, Alaska · 488 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 2.315 km WSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 484 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 2.1113 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 483 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 1.765 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 483 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
  32. 2.521 km NNE of Perryville, Alaska · 481 days ago · 81 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 1.994 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 478 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 2.2113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 478 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 2.0100 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 477 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 1.947 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 476 days ago · 53 km deep · 20 km away
  37. 1.878 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 476 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 2.1119 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 472 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 2.2110 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 471 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 1.891 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 470 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 1.9114 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 467 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.243 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 466 days ago · 53 km deep · 36 km away
  43. 1.855 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 466 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 1.813 km WSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 465 days ago · 82 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 2.222 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 463 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 3.1115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 463 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 2.634 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 463 days ago · 62 km deep · 14 km away

Before

  1. 1.966 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 523 days ago · 52 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.1126 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 525 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.939 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 528 days ago · 66 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.373 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 532 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.3134 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 536 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.157 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 536 days ago · 57 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 1.978 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 539 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.769 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 540 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.330 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 540 days ago · 95 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.592 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 541 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.218 km NW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 542 days ago · 74 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.992 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 544 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.666 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 547 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 3.1121 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 547 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.622 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 548 days ago · 64 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 1.565 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 548 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.357 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 549 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.230 km NNE of Chignik, Alaska · 549 days ago · 86 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.976 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 550 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0255dv9jod. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:06 PM UTC.