Alaska earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 10:38 AM AKST (19:38 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 10:38 AM AKST
UTC: 2026-01-22 19:38:50 UTC
Depth: 35.8 km (22.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.295° N, 159.837° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 1
Strongest shaking: III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.2	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.046 · 45 stations
5.1	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Reviewed · ±0.1 · 62 stations
5.1	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Moment tensor · Reviewed
5.2	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS, automatic first solution	First automatic solution · Confirmed

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: III, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 0.8% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.4 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Moment magnitude: 5.2 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 88°, dip 71°, rake 13°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 353°, dip 77°, rake 160°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.8 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.05
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 83°
Stations used: 198

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast123 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 159.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rrfr (also filed as ak2026bobimq, usauto7000rrfr). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:17 AM UTC.