Magnitude 3.7 - 33 miles S of Elim

January 26, 2022 22:47:28 AKST (January 27, 2022 07:47:28 UTC)
64.1400°N 162.3566°W Depth 9.5 miles (15 km)

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist

34 miles (55 km) SE of Golovin (Cheenik)
40 miles (64 km) SW of Shaktoolik
43 miles (69 km) N of Stebbins
47 miles (76 km) N of St. Michael
48 miles (77 km) SE of White Mountain
51 miles (82 km) W of Unalakleet
65 miles (105 km) SW of Koyuk
85 miles (137 km) NE of Kotlik
95 miles (154 km) E of Nome
110 miles (178 km) W of Kaltag
111 miles (179 km) NW of Grayling

Magnitude type: M_l²
Event type: earthquake

Tectonic Setting of Northwest Alaska

A wide, diffuse zone of seismicity extends from northwest Alaska across the Bering Strait into eastern Russia. This zone is believed to mark the northern boundary of the Bering microplate. Moderate-to-large normal faulting and strike-slip events have occurred in this region, including on the Seward Peninsula. The largest of these events was the 1958 M7.3 Huslia Earthquake. It was a normal faulting event that produced extensive failures in unconsolidated surficial deposits within a northeast-striking zone. In 2014, a vigorous earthquake swarm was recorded about 25 miles (40 km) north of Noatak on the Lisburne Peninsula.