Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 202 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 202 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska on Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 6:52 AM AKST (15:52 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 221 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-01-19 15:52:17 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.368° N, 164.834° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
260°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9221 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.0143 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.6120 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.5177 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.2228 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.2164 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.7196 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.9173 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.9189 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.8223 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.8216 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.7177 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 2.1153 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.2217 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.0134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.3181 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 2.8193 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 2.0Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.1150 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gk3e (also filed as ak022voga9s). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.