Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 30 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 30 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska on Mon, Jan 10, 2022, 1:25 PM AKST (22:25 UTC), 208 km (129 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 35 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.1 (ml), minor
Local time: Mon, Jan 10, 2022, 1:25 PM AKST
UTC: 2022-01-10 22:25:34 UTC
Depth: 207.6 km (129.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.423° N, 162.973° 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.

Location uncertainty: About 12.2 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.06
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 179°
Stations used: 28

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast58 kmNW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 93.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gapn (also filed as ak022gwmfvo). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:50 PM UTC.