Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 6 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Wed, Feb 2, 2022, 6:44 AM AKST (15:44 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 4 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-02-02 15:44:38 UTC
Depth
39.7 km (24.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.387° N, 150.077° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 116 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.225 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.625 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 59 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.032 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.617 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 1.64 km SW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.51 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 1.58 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.533 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.23 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 45 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 1.73 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.519 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.828 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 58 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.719 km ENE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.79 km ESE of Anchorage, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 1.635 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.513 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.932 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.56 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 1.539 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.643 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 1.617 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 2.013 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 1.629 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.810 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.624 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 2.025 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 62 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 2.4Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 1.527 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 1.513 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 1.78 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 1.820 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 2.533 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 1.75 km WNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  34. 2.120 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 1.636 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 1.819 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 3.020 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.45 km E of Hope, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.926 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 1.727 km NW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 1.723 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.021 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 1.730 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.827 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 1.822 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
  46. 1.537 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 1.55 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 1.76 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 2.937 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 2.32 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 37 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 1.69 km NE of Anchorage, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  52. 1.823 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
  53. 1.716 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.58 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 1.57 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 43 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 2.28 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 1.825 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 70 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 1.915 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 3.118 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  60. 1.628 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 2.214 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.47 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.931 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 67 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.619 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.543 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1701 days ago · 79 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.223 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.48 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 38 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 32
  9. 1.619 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.514 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.72 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 43 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 2.11 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.236 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.61 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 41 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
  15. 1.61 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 40 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 3.31 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 48 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 28
  17. 1.756 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 99 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.817 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.515 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.07 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 36 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0221itxgsu. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:43 AM UTC.