Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 27 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 27 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska on Sat, Jan 16, 2016, 2:05 PM AKST (23:05 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 25 km SSW of Old Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-01-16 23:05:40 UTC
Depth
26.1 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.377° N, 153.625° 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
15

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.726 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3913 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.918 km SSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.733 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.3Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 3.625 km SSW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 2.222 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3902 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.933 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.53 km W of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.829 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.620 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 55 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.736 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.237 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.2Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.217 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 3.328 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3888 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.928 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.532 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.318 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.933 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 48 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 3.148 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 2.814 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 59 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 1.810 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 1.940 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.426 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 56 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 2.314 km E of Karluk, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 2.832 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 57 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 2.343 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 2.422 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 1.741 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 2.127 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 2.230 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 48 km deep · 24 km away
  34. 1.939 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 1.843 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 3.136 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3914 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.720 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.037 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.632 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 2.146 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.67 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.229 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.523 km S of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3925 days ago · 51 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.138 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3925 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.554 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.633 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.420 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3930 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.128 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3931 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.96 km E of Karluk, Alaska · 3933 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 2.221 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3933 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.528 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3934 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.728 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3935 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.114 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3937 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.615 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3937 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.833 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3937 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away

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