M1.7 earthquake 54 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 54 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Wed, Jan 5, 2022, 12:51 AM AKST (09:51 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 52 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-05 09:51:52 UTC
- Depth
- 12.5 km (7.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.276° N, 150.492° 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
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.52 km SSE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.630 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.118 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.912 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 3.06 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.96 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.015 km NE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.611 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.796 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.817 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.521 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.717 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.58 km SSW of Fox River, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.04 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Seldovia, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6104 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.167 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.97 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.810 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.51 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.053 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.621 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.23 km NNW of Kachemak City, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.614 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.452 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.520 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.56 km ESE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.58 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.032 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.88 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.08 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.715 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1685 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.619 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.520 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.637 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.520 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.534 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.413 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.711 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.916 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.013 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.817 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.716 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 1.65 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.051 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.616 km W of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.590 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.417 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 1.51 km SSW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.67 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.55 km E of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.631 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.060 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.521 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.814 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.951 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
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