Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 166 km SE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 166 km SE of Chignik, Alaska on Tue, Jan 7, 2025, 12:20 AM AKST (09:20 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 165 km SE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-01-07 09:20:16 UTC
Depth
15.6 km (9.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.156° N, 156.682° W
Region
Alaska
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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.6ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations

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
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.587 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 634 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.9190 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 632 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.0210 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 631 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.7229 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 627 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 3.3165 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 625 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.3165 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 624 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.9159 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 624 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 3.4110 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 616 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.6157 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 608 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 2.4175 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 593 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.679 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 593 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.3105 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 592 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.5136 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 588 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 1.8159 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 587 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.8149 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 587 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.3170 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 586 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.8156 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 583 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.3160 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 581 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 2.293 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 576 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 3.5185 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 639 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.2100 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 643 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.6129 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 645 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.3155 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 646 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.3168 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 646 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.6155 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 649 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.7159 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 651 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025bq8ov2 (also filed as us7000pask). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC.