M2.2 earthquake 82 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 82 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska on Sat, Jan 16, 2021, 8:15 AM AKST (17:15 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 72 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2021-01-16 17:15:40 UTC
- Depth
- 64.0 km (39.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.755° N, 153.378° 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
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 192 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.217 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.165 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 99 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.836 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.066 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.461 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2081 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.747 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 89 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.666 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.865 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 70 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.462 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 100 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.691 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 88 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.884 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.986 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 92 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.366 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.892 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.830 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.786 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 137 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.062 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 124 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.647 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.680 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.683 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 83 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.615 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.684 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.075 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.070 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 88 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.665 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 96 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.895 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 92 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.050 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.242 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.945 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 112 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.633 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.766 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.735 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 126 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.655 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.128 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.680 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 73 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.856 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 96 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.6100 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.948 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.149 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.983 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 75 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.273 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 123 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.861 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.519 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.646 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.663 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.751 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.861 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 192.
Before
- 2.133 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.088 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 103 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.773 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 97 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.576 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.853 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.967 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 69 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.877 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 80 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 98 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.09 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 93 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.721 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.883 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 75 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.447 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 1.865 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.144 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 118 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.110 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 80 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.247 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
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