Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 87 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 87 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 12, 2022, 5:21 AM AKST (14:21 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 99 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-01-12 14:21:29 UTC
Depth
25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.620° N, 161.043° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.855 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.652 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 81 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.9107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.653 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.545 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.7115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 3.282 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.259 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.795 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 3.167 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.258 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 2.169 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 1.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 3.176 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 3.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.1147 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.2121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 3.065 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 1.878 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 3.689 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 2.5south of Alaska · 1708 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.9100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 3.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 2.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 1.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 2.591 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 2.3south of Alaska · 1706 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 3.0132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 2.6104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 2.644 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 2.1123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 2.9100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1701 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 2.392 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 2.7100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 5.499 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 12 · tsunami flag
  54. 2.8100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  55. 2.796 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  56. 2.590 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 1.888 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 3.2106 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 3.1101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  60. 1.891 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of 161.

Before

  1. 2.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.889 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.8south of Alaska · 1726 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.828 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.9127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.059 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.854 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.6south of Alaska · 1728 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.7113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.9109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.980 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 2.055 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away

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