M2.5 earthquake 24 km E of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 24 km E of Chiniak, Alaska on Fri, May 1, 2026, 2:56 PM AKDT (22:56 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 62 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-05-01 22:56:44 UTC
- Depth
- 14.6 km (9.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.583° N, 151.880° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 260°, 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 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.762 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 152 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.417 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 152 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.287 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 152 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.173 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 151 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.875 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 150 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.080 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 149 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.831 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 148 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.152 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 148 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.213 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 147 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.282 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 147 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.251 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 147 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.155 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 142 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.637 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 141 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.417 km SW of Chiniak, Alaska · 140 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.30 km ESE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 140 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.255 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 136 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.934 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 133 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.130 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 132 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.052 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 132 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.126 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 131 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.934 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 126 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.731 km SW of Port Lions, Alaska · 125 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.230 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 122 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.722 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 121 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.459 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 119 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.736 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 118 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.811 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 117 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.849 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 117 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.749 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 116 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.930 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 116 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.582 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 113 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.837 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 110 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 109 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.729 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 106 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.158 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 105 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.766 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 103 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.525 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 102 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.281 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 99 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.911 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 98 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.817 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 98 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.275 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 96 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 4.224 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska · 159 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 18
- 2.362 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 159 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.391 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 159 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.923 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 160 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.230 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 162 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.13 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska · 163 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.157 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 163 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.028 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 163 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.129 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 164 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.28 km NNE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 165 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 38
- 2.19 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 171 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.166 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 172 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.16 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 173 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.118 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 174 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.321 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 174 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.969 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 176 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.035 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 177 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.338 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 180 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.0114 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 180 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.028 km SW of Port Lions, Alaska · 182 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
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