Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 253 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 253 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 3:27 AM GMT+12 (15:27 UTC), 86 km (54 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-26 15:27:23 UTC
Depth
86.3 km (53.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.742° N, 179.698° 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
12

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.1212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.6188 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 96 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 3.1271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 96 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.3184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.1257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 5.2280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.0277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 3.1279 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.9280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 3.8285 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.5282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.8239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 176 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 2.9277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 3.2290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 4.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 4.2273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 135.

Before

  1. 1.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.7263 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 126 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.8221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.3216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.9283 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 62 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 2.2212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.6213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.2204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.8211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 72 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.6256 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.1226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 3.4216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 3.3242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021f60fv5h. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC.