Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 27 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 27 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska on Wed, Nov 12, 2025, 8:20 AM AKST (17:20 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 71 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-11-12 17:20:48 UTC
Depth
54.2 km (33.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.064° N, 158.241° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
8

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 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.357 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 323 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.382 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 313 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.583 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 306 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.6101 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 305 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.6100 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 305 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.129 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 304 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.471 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 303 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.364 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 303 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.227 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 302 days ago · 72 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.430 km N of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 302 days ago · 112 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.918 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 299 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.376 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 294 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.431 km SSE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 294 days ago · 70 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.778 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 289 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 3.1110 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 284 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.667 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 283 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.656 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 272 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 2.635 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 268 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 3.266 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 264 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 4.4100 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 324 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.864 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 329 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.46 km NNE of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 338 days ago · 94 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.719 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 340 days ago · 127 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.522 km N of Chignik, Alaska · 340 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.1103 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 341 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.456 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 345 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 3.140 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 346 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.714 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 349 days ago · 85 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.515 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 349 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025eiw2fdc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC.