Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 77 km S of Ugashik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 77 km S of Ugashik, Alaska on Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 11:46 PM AKST (08:46 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 87 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-29 08:46:58 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.829° N, 157.168° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.967 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.0134 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.725 km NNW of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.593 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.781 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.333 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 3.287 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.4137 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.033 km SSE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 108 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.953 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.035 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 3.093 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.079 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 75 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.4123 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.427 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.957 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.973 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 79 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.258 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.867 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 87 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.664 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 2.558 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 1.873 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 1.981 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 2.3112 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 1.741 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 3.1116 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 1.873 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 75 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 2.223 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 2.153 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 2.757 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 66 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 2.840 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 136 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 2.445 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 94 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 2.254 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 2.237 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 1.955 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 1.935 km NNE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 2.459 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 93 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 2.049 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 1.851 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  40. 2.849 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 119 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.446 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 1.925 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 109 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 2.328 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 2.251 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 108 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 1.668 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 83 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 1.640 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 112 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 2.685 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 2.823 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 2.084 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 2.617 km SSE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2070 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.875 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.5126 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.499 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.033 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 3.1138 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.948 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 1.994 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.839 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 3.5117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.595 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 84 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.190 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 93 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.9110 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.940 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.439 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.187 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.280 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 80 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 2.6101 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.4127 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211c3min2. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:32 PM UTC.