Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 105 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 105 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Jan 11, 2022, 9:14 PM AKST (06:14 UTC), 179 km (111 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 88 km NE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-01-12 06:14:23 UTC
Depth
179.3 km (111.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.259° N, 164.900° 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

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Location uncertainty
About 19.5 km horizontally, 24.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
192°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
25

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gip5 (also filed as ak022jy3tel). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:18 AM UTC.