Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 50 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 50 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska on Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 2:03 PM AKST (23:03 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 55 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-19 23:03:57 UTC
Depth
76.1 km (47.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
60.029° N, 152.620° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.461 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.836 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 72 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.0Southern Alaska · 2078 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.747 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.536 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.536 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.552 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 99 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 1.66 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.454 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 83 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.752 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 83 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.666 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.024 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.765 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 125 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.927 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.940 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 134 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.436 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 88 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.742 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 86 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.462 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 1.524 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 74 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 3.2Southern Alaska · 2076 days ago · 156 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 1.525 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 91 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 1.739 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 99 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.57 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 1.946 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 121 km deep · 40 km away
  25. 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 82 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 1.969 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 119 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 1.741 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 89 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 1.523 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 2.261 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 105 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 1.624 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 68 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 1.616 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 2.036 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 121 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 2.163 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 139 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 1.811 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 1.858 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 94 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.279 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 138 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 2.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 109 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.617 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 67 km deep · 38 km away
  39. 1.619 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 1.830 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 1.512 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 2.248 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 119 km deep · 39 km away
  43. 2.074 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 121 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 97 km deep · 35 km away
  45. 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 104 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 1.659 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 151 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 1.853 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 100 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 1.848 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 155 km deep · 47 km away
  49. 1.634 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 121 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 2.171 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 133 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 97 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 2.82 km W of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 1.66 km SSE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 104 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 2.462 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 124 km deep · 34 km away
  56. 2.141 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 1.615 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 2.369 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 104 km deep · 20 km away
  59. 1.636 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
  60. 1.621 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.268 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 124 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 2.14 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.730 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.258 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 100 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 2.027 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.916 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 78 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 1.711 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.953 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 2.956 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 102 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 2.066 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.515 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.628 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 112 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 107 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 2.255 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 102 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.836 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.788 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 132 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.137 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 121 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.165 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 99 km deep · 65 km away

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