Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 292 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 292 km W of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Apr 8, 2022, 4:00 AM GMT+12 (16:00 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-04-07 16:00:58 UTC
Depth
69.2 km (43.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.611° N, 179.158° 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
15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 154 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1639 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1639 days ago · 129 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.8243 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1639 days ago · 199 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.6219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1639 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.8256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 5.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
  8. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 163 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 2.9246 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 181 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 3.1253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 4.6320 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 2.9229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 2.5275 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 74 km deep · 16 km away
  40. 1.8296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  41. 1.9280 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 60 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 2.3248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 155 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  44. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 2.2213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 2.0250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1630 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
  49. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  51. 2.0288 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 53 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 2.0281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1627 days ago · 56 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1625 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1625 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  58. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1625 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1625 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 2.3249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1625 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 109 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.6242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.9297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 90 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.1256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 85 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.9233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.0232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1643 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1643 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.0252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1643 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1644 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1644 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1644 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.1224 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1645 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1645 days ago · 70 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 2.0297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1645 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 3.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.5246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.0297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.5236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0224gonq2c. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:44 AM UTC.