M2.3 earthquake 55 km S of Chignik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 55 km S of Chignik, Alaska on Sun, May 3, 2026, 11:16 PM AKDT (07:16 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 23 km NW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-05-04 07:16:50 UTC
- Depth
- 49.8 km (30.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.806° N, 158.260° 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 19.1 km horizontally, 16.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Station coverage gap
- 279°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.020 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 150 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.923 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 150 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 149 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.617 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 149 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.59 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 148 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.654 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 148 days ago · 42 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.717 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 148 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.078 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 148 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.617 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 148 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.044 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 148 days ago · 49 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.618 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 147 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.060 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 147 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.774 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 146 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 145 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.718 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 145 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.031 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 143 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.152 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 141 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.3109 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 141 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 138 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.266 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 138 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.862 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 137 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.020 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 137 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.47 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 137 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.359 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 137 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.246 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 135 days ago · 53 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.4123 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 135 days ago · 266 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.214 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 135 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.960 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 133 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.484 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 132 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.313 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 132 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.334 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 127 days ago · 96 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.923 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 126 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.719 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 126 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.352 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 125 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.719 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 121 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.520 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 120 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.715 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 119 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.518 km NW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 118 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.957 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 118 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.540 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 117 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.923 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 117 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.430 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 116 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.017 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 116 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 116 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.522 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 116 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.061 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 116 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.98 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 115 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 113 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.022 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 112 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.371 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 112 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.560 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 112 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.592 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 112 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.796 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 112 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.227 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 111 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.846 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 111 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.254 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 111 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.479 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 111 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 111 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.644 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 110 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.819 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 110 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 127.
Before
- 2.124 km NW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 153 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.369 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 154 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.521 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 154 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.111 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 154 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.863 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 156 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.020 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 158 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.283 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 158 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.19 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 160 days ago · 107 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.040 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 161 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.951 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 162 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.942 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 162 days ago · 49 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.177 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 165 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.835 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 165 days ago · 79 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.458 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 166 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.626 km NW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 167 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.862 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 168 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.328 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 168 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.214 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 169 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 170 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.782 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 170 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
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