Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Jan 9, 2022, 12:33 AM AKST (09:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-01-09 09:33:33 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.263° N, 159.792° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
252°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 1.975 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.8south of Alaska · 1724 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 2.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 3.0145 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 1.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.855 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 2.8149 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 1.9107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 2.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.7119 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 1.545 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 3.185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.7115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 2.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 3.282 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 1.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 2.795 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 3.167 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 2.169 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 1.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 2.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 3.176 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 3.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  31. 2.1147 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 2.2121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 3.689 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.5south of Alaska · 1706 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 2.9100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 3.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 2.072 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 1.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 2.591 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 2.3south of Alaska · 1704 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  42. 3.0132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 3.5142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 1.9106 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 2.6104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 2.1123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  48. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  49. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  50. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1699 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 2.392 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 2.7100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 1.684 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 2.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  56. 3.0126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 3.1118 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 3.180 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 2.172 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 118.

Before

  1. 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.059 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.6south of Alaska · 1726 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 2.7113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 2.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.9109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.055 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.1119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.394 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.390 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 3.080 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 2.053 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.933 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gi55 (also filed as ak022f1e6dc). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC.