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.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
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
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- 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
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
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
- 2.846 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.088 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 196 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 187 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.265 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.731 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 181 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.973 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.549 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 1.974 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.073 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.588 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 243 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.345 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.726 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 172 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.254 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 115 km deep · 97 km away
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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.