Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 271 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Thu, Jan 2, 2025, 7:10 PM AKST (04:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-01-03 04:10:12 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.869° N, 149.178° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
262°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
22

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. 3.3233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 635 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 3.2208 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 628 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.2203 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 622 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 3.1217 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 621 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 3.4237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 619 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.9217 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 619 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 3.4256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 610 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.6271 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 603 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.6241 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 602 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.8250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 598 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.8240 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 597 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 3.1267 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 595 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 3.3294 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 595 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 2.7273 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 594 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 2.9229 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 639 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.6210 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 642 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.0246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 652 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 3.2272 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 663 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000p9s5 (also filed as ak025511y84). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:04 PM UTC.