M2.2 earthquake 81 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 81 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Sat, Sep 10, 2016, 10:10 PM AKDT (06:10 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 28 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-11 06:10:33 UTC
- Depth
- 4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.621° N, 152.492° 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.
- 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.126 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.528 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.364 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 2.593 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.293 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 4.395 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.828 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.352 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.642 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.815 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.024 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.117 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.920 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak016bptob9z (also filed as ak13997749). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC.