M2.2 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Fri, Jan 8, 2021, 2:19 PM AKST (23:19 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 5 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-08 23:19:43 UTC
- Depth
- 70.9 km (44.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.891° N, 151.239° 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
- 51
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 178 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.541 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 77 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.67 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 79 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.715 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 73 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 59 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.312 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.725 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 69 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.56 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.147 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 73 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.945 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 124 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.736 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 110 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.512 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.88 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 1.742 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.414 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 122 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.85 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.538 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 93 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 2084 days ago · 81 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.639 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 109 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 73 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 97 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.931 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 69 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.821 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2082 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.530 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 67 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.524 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.513 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.57 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.82 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 2081 days ago · 87 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 81 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.722 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.123 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.657 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 116 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 89 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.338 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 92 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.629 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 110 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2079 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.752 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 121 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.941 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 80 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.010 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 1.773 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 128 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.58 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2078 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.524 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 71 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.529 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.526 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 90 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.935 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 111 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.649 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 103 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.523 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.515 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.740 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 119 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 130 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.833 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 85 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.626 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.824 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 75 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.524 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 67 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.55 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.648 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 103 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.513 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.56 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.626 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 57 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 6
- 1.51 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.731 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away
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