M1.7 earthquake 50 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 50 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Sun, Jan 2, 2022, 5:38 PM AKST (02:38 UTC), 102 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 48 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-03 02:38:58 UTC
- Depth
- 102.4 km (63.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.113° N, 152.067° 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
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 156 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.563 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 119 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 85 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.045 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 117 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.441 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.669 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.150 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 85 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 115 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.546 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 86 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.550 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.858 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 87 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 116 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.910 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 63 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.636 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 114 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 112 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.754 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 99 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.636 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 84 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.628 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.341 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 94 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.428 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 75 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.518 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.517 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.67 km N of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.533 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 80 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.771 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 117 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.664 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 91 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.684 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 137 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 94 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.942 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.241 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 126 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.742 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.611 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.628 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.571 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 136 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.628 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 120 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.132 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 87 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.95 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.049 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 78 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.720 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.726 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.116 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.573 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 113 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.929 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 78 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.740 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 84 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 86 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.663 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 105 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.848 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 84 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.51 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 78 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.666 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.02 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 92 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.522 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.931 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1735 days ago · 112 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 109 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1736 days ago · 114 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.539 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0225016f7. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:00 AM UTC.