M2.1 earthquake 42 km SE of Chignik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 42 km SE of Chignik, Alaska on Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 9:17 AM AKDT (17:17 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 84 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-07-12 17:17:04 UTC
- Depth
- 50.2 km (31.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.072° N, 157.854° 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 19.5 km horizontally, 13.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 244°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.066 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 82 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.810 km SSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 80 days ago · 96 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.735 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 79 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.880 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 76 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.1121 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 71 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.271 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 66 days ago · 89 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.027 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 64 days ago · 63 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 64 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.615 km NNW of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 61 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 1.780 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 61 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.486 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 61 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.613 km NW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 60 days ago · 108 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.334 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 58 days ago · 65 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.166 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 57 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.984 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 55 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.987 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 55 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.053 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 54 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.679 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 54 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.673 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 53 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.691 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 53 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 52 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.17 km ENE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 51 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.187 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 49 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.284 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 48 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.554 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 47 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Perryville, Alaska · 47 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.143 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 45 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.981 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 44 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.632 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 44 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.267 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 42 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.1123 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 41 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.044 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 41 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.138 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 40 days ago · 88 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.028 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 39 days ago · 86 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.2114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 37 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.289 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 36 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.060 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 36 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.326 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 36 days ago · 84 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.713 km NW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 23 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.8118 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 23 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.6115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 22 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 2.4111 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 83 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.1113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 83 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.4108 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 85 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.784 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 85 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 86 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.258 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 86 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.4134 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 86 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.451 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 86 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.937 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 86 days ago · 88 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.084 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 87 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1128 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 87 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.628 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 87 days ago · 86 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.235 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 89 days ago · 78 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.3136 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 89 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.431 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 90 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.329 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 91 days ago · 62 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.885 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 92 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9104 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 93 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.630 km NNW of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 93 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.565 km NNE of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 93 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
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