M2.0 earthquake 250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Apr 17, 2022, 1:42 PM GMT+12 (01:42 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-04-17 01:42:54 UTC
- Depth
- 55.6 km (34.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.430° N, 179.823° 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
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1630 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0288 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1630 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.4152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.4181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1626 days ago · 69 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.0199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1626 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1625 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.9298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1625 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1624 days ago · 133 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1624 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.2283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.9212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.6178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.0236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 62 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.3257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 66 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.9266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 78 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.2180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.7264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.6283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.8290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.8159 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.7158 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6157 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.5189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 73 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.4297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.5180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.6239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 177 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9279 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.5189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.8249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 93 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.2213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0153 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3248 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 155 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9280 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 97 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8296 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5275 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 74 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 71 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
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