Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 256 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 256 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 9:03 PM GMT+12 (09:03 UTC), 141 km (88 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-10 09:03:20 UTC
Depth
141.1 km (87.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.874° N, 179.647° E
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
11

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 155.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0218s10vhx. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC.