M1.7 earthquake 127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, May 8, 2022, 6:44 AM HADT (15:44 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-08 15:44:18 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.562° N, 178.404° 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
- 38
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
- 1.5116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.6134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.9200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6122 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.5102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.4105 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 265 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.9206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 105 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.8202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 174 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.986 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.698 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.867 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 83 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 124 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.3134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.7126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.1140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6176 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.5186 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 50 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.6121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.5110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.259 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.8116 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 96 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.7187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 171 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.588 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 166 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.985 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 186 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.6212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 110 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8179 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 88 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 206 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.273 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.0148 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.791 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.594 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.686 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 54 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 82 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.5139 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.959 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.855 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.5180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7103 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 67 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.9147 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 252 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.677 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 55 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.9134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.9158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.5129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.6157 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7158 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.7133 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 229 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
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