Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, May 4, 2022, 10:37 AM GMT+12 (22:37 UTC), 9 km (5 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-05-03 22:37:28 UTC
Depth
8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.330° N, 179.796° 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
31

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6286 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.5189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.8231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 73 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.4297 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.5180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.6239 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 177 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.7291 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.7298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 1.9279 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.9200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.5189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 3.8249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 2.6242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 2.8227 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.9206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.8202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 174 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 2.1194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 2.5208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 1.9298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  31. 2.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 1.7192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 124 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 58 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 2.7233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 176 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 2.6269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 1.8262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  37. 1.6176 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 2.5280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  40. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 2.0251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 175 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 1.5186 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 1.6255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 3.8287 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 108 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 1.8217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
  48. 1.6298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 1.6250 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 57 km deep · 23 km away
  50. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 1.7187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 1.8157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 1.9289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  54. 2.0255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 135 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 1.6270 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 5.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away · tsunami flag
  57. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.8290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.6283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 2.7264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 1.6197 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.2180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.9266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 3.3257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 66 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 3.0236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 62 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.0207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.6178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.9212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.9258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 3.2283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 2.1194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0225nsf7rd. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:00 AM UTC.