Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 4:51 PM AKST (01:51 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 91 km SE of King Cove, 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
2020-01-26 01:51:32 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.780° N, 160.759° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.152 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2436 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.791 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.382 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.470 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.062 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.17 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 4.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.054 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.359 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 3.359 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.01 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.1102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 2.633 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 63 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 1.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 1.781 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  22. 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 2.158 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 60 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 2.043 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 52 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 1.991 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 1.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 1.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 2.765 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 1.959 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 58 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 2.238 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 2.193 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  34. 1.762 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 145 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 2.189 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 3.832 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 111 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 2.285 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 1.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 2.479 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.243 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 66 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 1.773 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 2.5103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 3.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 2.074 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 2.642 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 2.862 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 1.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 1.618 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 1.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 2.084 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  55. 1.736 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 1.915 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 1.670 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 1.911 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 2.869 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 72 km deep · 24 km away
  60. 1.759 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 1.852 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.857 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 2.183 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.834 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 51 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.858 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 3.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.963 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 1.859 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.191 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 2.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.728 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.777 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.722 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020170vgfr. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:51 PM UTC.