Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 78 km S of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 78 km S of Unalaska, Alaska on Wed, Feb 9, 2022, 5:00 AM AKST (14:00 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 120 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-02-09 14:00:43 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.170° N, 166.672° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.4120 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.576 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.1124 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 1.8133 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.0126 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.5123 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.083 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 1.981 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.3130 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 2.376 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.192 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.719 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.881 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 3.128 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.077 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.4119 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 3.348 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 116 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.6101 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 3.380 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 42 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.174 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  21. 1.775 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  22. 3.478 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 2.578 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 1.748 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 1.650 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 2.989 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 3.0139 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 2.551 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 2.666 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  30. 1.679 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 1.973 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 2.1115 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
  33. 2.170 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.588 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 1.835 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 1.973 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 1.961 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 1.880 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 39 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 3.374 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  40. 1.689 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 3.378 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 35 km deep · 1 km away
  42. 2.377 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 44 km deep · 6 km away
  43. 5.182 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 6 · tsunami flag
  44. 2.379 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  45. 3.580 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  46. 2.077 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 57 km deep · 7 km away
  47. 2.281 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  48. 3.977 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  49. 3.783 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
  50. 2.181 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 2.684 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  52. 1.765 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 2.176 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 45 km deep · 8 km away
  54. 2.1129 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 5.170 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  56. 1.678 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 1.665 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 1.572 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 1.976 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 1.970 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 37 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0221udu1o7. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC.