Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 100 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 100 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska on Tue, Jan 11, 2022, 6:17 PM AKST (03:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 92 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-01-12 03:17:56 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.366° N, 167.705° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
286°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 183 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1101 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.179 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.4102 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 3.6113 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 2.3103 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 4.289 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.2100 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 4.0117 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 3.292 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.6100 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.894 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 1.9117 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.2124 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 2.3101 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 2.6123 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.5115 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.1119 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 2.7100 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.2100 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 2.499 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.787 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  22. 2.8105 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  23. 2.1127 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 3.093 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 2.180 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 2.195 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  27. 4.0Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 3.277 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 2.3105 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 4.692 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
  31. 2.266 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 2.284 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  33. 2.1103 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  34. 2.1103 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  35. 2.098 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 2.191 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  37. 2.295 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  38. 2.698 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 2.0112 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 2.7102 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  41. 2.283 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 2.8110 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 2.7112 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 2.2110 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 2.9101 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  46. 2.183 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  47. 3.0101 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  48. 2.898 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  49. 2.195 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 2.7111 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  51. 2.191 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 2.087 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 2.3109 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  54. 2.184 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  55. 2.1Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  56. 2.190 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
  57. 2.687 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 2.2100 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
  59. 2.095 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  60. 2.188 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.7108 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 3.1115 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 4.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 3.7131 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.8107 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.3112 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 3.8107 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.1101 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.793 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.288 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 2.398 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.598 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.2103 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 2.094 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.3100 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.3106 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.9112 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 2.798 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 3.2102 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 3.296 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ging (also filed as ak022jwccca). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC.