Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Apr 2, 2022, 2:31 AM GMT+12 (14:31 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-04-01 14:31:49 UTC
Depth
40.3 km (25.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.389° N, 179.135° 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
16

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1644 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 3.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1644 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.0297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1644 days ago · 36 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1644 days ago · 70 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.1224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1644 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1643 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.0252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 2.0232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.9233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.1256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1639 days ago · 85 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.9297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1639 days ago · 90 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.6242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1639 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1639 days ago · 109 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.8292 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 69 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.2250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 154 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 129 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.8243 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 199 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 2.6219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 1.8256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 5.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
  27. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  29. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  31. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
  40. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 163 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 2.9246 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 181 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 3.1253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
  47. 4.6320 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 50 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  49. 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 2.9229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  56. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  57. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 2.5275 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 74 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 1.8296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  60. 1.9280 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 60 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.5236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1645 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 129 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 60 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1647 days ago · 80 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 2.7240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 3.2243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1650 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1650 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 3.2258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1650 days ago · 194 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.9231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.9235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1653 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1653 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.9262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1653 days ago · 56 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 2.5255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.7265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02246qfee5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:56 AM UTC.