Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 74 km E of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 74 km E of Chignik, Alaska on Sat, Jan 29, 2022, 10:17 AM AKST (19:17 UTC), 62 km (38 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 155 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-01-29 19:17:18 UTC
Depth
61.6 km (38.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.232° N, 157.203° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8155 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.851 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.6127 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.351 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.282 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 47 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1690 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.159 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.0119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1682 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.995 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 3.230 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.8119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 3.187 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 1.926 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.076 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.998 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 2.588 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.4114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.933 km NNE of Chignik, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 95 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 3.5129 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 2.322 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 2.3109 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 2.410 km S of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 1666 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1662 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 2.443 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.4133 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 2.5136 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1656 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 2.390 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 1.932 km SSE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 108 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 2.0124 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 1.732 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1650 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 2.1128 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 2.6112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 2.554 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 3.2113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 2.4106 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 57 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 2.1114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1644 days ago · 58 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 2.0124 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1644 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 1.945 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 1643 days ago · 89 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 2.725 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 81 km deep · 49 km away
  42. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1638 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 2.295 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 47 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 2.5125 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.557 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 3.2117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 3.1127 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.7124 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 3.6139 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.4116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 2.245 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 87 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.7116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.3126 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.199 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.2124 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 3.0132 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.532 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.680 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 78 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.6108 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 3.2123 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.6116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.259 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.8122 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0221c9zzf0 (also filed as us6000gzxx). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC.