Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 33 km NNE of Pilot Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 33 km NNE of Pilot Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 5, 2022, 8:12 PM AKST (05:12 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 77 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-01-06 05:12:14 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.837° N, 157.345° 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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Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.677 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 130 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.873 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.679 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 86 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.791 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 109 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.974 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 129 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.874 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 130 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.183 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 125 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.573 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 34 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.958 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1705 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 3.377 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 124 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.281 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.253 km E of Egegik, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.827 km NNE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 1.626 km SSE of Portage Creek, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1693 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.455 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.345 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 111 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.353 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.261 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 130 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 2.375 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 115 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 2.259 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.181 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 103 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.660 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 152 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.767 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 123 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1737 days ago · 188 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.728 km NE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.829 km NE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 3.131 km NNE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 1.978 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 124 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 3.165 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 136 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.686 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.538 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 129 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.057 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.834 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.690 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.575 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 117 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.675 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.772 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 127 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.154 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 148 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.347 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 95 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022a09uos. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:55 PM UTC.