Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 78 km S of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 78 km S of Unalaska, Alaska on Mon, Jan 10, 2022, 1:09 PM AKST (22:09 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 71 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-01-10 22:09:07 UTC
Depth
32.9 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.178° N, 166.726° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 11.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
242°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
21

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.739 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.2104 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.119 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.1101 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 3.6113 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.9117 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.5115 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.1119 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.1127 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.615 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 3.218 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.720 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.619 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.928 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.926 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 3.880 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 39 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 1.777 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.549 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 2.0Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.8107 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 3.0125 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 3.478 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.695 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 2.5137 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.771 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 1.574 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 2.683 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 3.087 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 2.162 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 90 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 6.271 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 23 · tsunami flag
  33. 4.675 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 3.480 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.974 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 3.0Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 2.068 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  38. 1.853 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 68 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 3.978 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 2.671 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  41. 2.066 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 1.875 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 2.778 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 34 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 1.870 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 44 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 2.077 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 3.4Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
  47. 2.677 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  48. 1.777 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  49. 1.873 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  50. 1.764 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 55 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 1.874 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 1.878 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 3.079 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  54. 2.587 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  55. 1.977 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 1.881 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 2.774 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 1.874 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 1.866 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  60. 2.279 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 34 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 4.058 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 3.057 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 3.041 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.846 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.774 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.188 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.491 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 3.072 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 1.732 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.931 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.927 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 84 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 2.075 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 38 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 3.658 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 3.391 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 3.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 3.287 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 2.169 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 1.938 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 3.583 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 1.964 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gi1j (also filed as ak022gwiybm). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC.