Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 201 km SE of Perryville, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 201 km SE of Perryville, Alaska on Wed, Jan 5, 2022, 8:18 PM AKST (05:18 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 110 km SE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Sand Point forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-01-06 05:18:51 UTC
Depth
9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.673° N, 156.829° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.2131 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.5140 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 3.1141 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 3.0159 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.9156 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 3.0132 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 3.0213 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 3.1127 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.6116 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.3159 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 3.0240 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.5198 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 3.2159 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.6127 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.9197 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 3.5209 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 3.7199 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 4.4128 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 3.0206 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 2.0142 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.6197 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 3.9202 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 3.7200 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 3.7205 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away
  25. 4.0203 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 2.3200 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 37 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 3.0205 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 2.3205 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 2.5206 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 2.9176 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 43 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 3.5202 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 3.2204 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  33. 3.7203 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
  34. 3.9184 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 2.9204 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 3.1200 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 3.3180 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 5.3110 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5 · tsunami flag
  39. 2.7167 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 2.5136 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 3.5129 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 4.0155 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 2.7151 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 1.9126 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 2.9190 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1670 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away

Before

  1. 3.2210 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.7129 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 3.9145 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.3162 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 3.8165 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 3.2160 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.9185 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 2.4133 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.4130 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.7154 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 3.4south of Alaska · 1752 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.7150 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 4.0149 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 4.3145 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 3.6160 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 4.8113 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022a0b7vx (also filed as us7000ghpf). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:59 PM UTC.