M1.6 earthquake 77 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 77 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Thu, May 5, 2022, 4:51 PM HADT (01:51 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-06 01:51:59 UTC
- Depth
- 54.9 km (34.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.555° N, 177.634° W
- 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
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 104 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.7103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.61 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.6122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.4105 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 265 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.765 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.47 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.986 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.698 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.867 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 67 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.629 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.780 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.026 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 180 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.5132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.3134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.7126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.1140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.540 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.5130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.5110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.728 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.259 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.823 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8116 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 96 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.7131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 171 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.667 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.566 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.588 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 166 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.985 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 186 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 206 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.273 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 44 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.648 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.04 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.0148 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.791 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 61 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.644 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.594 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.686 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 57 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 4.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 47 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 1.889 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.552 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6157 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7158 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 229 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 65 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8159 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.6120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.5112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.870 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
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