Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 114 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 114 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska on Wed, Jan 8, 2020, 8:46 AM AKST (17:46 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 121 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-08 17:46:16 UTC
Depth
56.1 km (34.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.039° N, 156.625° 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

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Stations used
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9116 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 45 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2452 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.0114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.9116 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.532 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.975 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.0107 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.1123 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 3.067 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.4119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 79 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.0128 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 3.8121 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.961 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.379 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 3.5119 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.586 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.457 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.2102 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.1104 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.699 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 2.574 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.5104 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.3124 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.7101 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.659 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020dip1ew. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.