M1.8 earthquake 64 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 64 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska on Wed, Jan 12, 2022, 6:08 AM AKST (15:08 UTC), 126 km (78 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-12 15:08:27 UTC
- Depth
- 126.3 km (78.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.187° N, 152.317° 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
- 63
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 115 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.742 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.611 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.628 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.571 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 136 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.628 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.132 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 87 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 76 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.95 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.049 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 78 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.720 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.726 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.116 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.573 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 113 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.814 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.314 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 106 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.636 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 91 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.528 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.851 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 90 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.522 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.110 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 81 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 113 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.748 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.550 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 87 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 115 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.5101 km ENE of Lime Village, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.148 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 115 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 911 · tsunami flag
- 1.761 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 105 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.530 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.235 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 81 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.860 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.722 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.662 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.821 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.819 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 111 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.636 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.54 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 111 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.623 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 110 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.535 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 96 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.764 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 118 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.015 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.618 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.632 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.619 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.237 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 79 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.241 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.942 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 94 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.684 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 137 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.664 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 91 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.771 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 117 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.533 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 80 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.517 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.428 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.341 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 94 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.628 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.636 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.754 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 99 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 112 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.636 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.910 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 56 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 116 km deep · 22 km away
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