Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 64 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 64 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Jan 5, 2016, 5:01 AM AKST (14:01 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 Alaska Peninsula. 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
2016-01-05 14:01:56 UTC
Depth
12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.800° N, 160.860° 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: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.443 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.0Alaska Peninsula · 3923 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.551 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 81 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 2.521 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.682 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 3.288 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.176 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.2101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.114 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.755 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.190 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 3.264 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.822 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.686 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 3.288 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.498 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.998 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 2.888 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 2.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.041 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 3.049 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 2.383 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 2.587 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 3.274 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 2.469 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 3.321 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 2.050 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 2.490 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 2.277 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  36. 2.573 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 2.473 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  38. 2.486 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 2.173 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 3.781 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 3.178 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 3.527 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 149 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 2.776 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 2.156 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  47. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 2.488 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 3.766 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
  50. 2.5108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 3.386 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 2.7115 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 1.946 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 78 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 3.089 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.661 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.756 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3928 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.999 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3928 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.449 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 3.198 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3930 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.146 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3931 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.569 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3943 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.281 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3944 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 2.256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3944 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.246 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.541 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3947 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0168i150p (also filed as ak12451909). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:26 PM UTC.