M1.5 earthquake 112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, May 16, 2022, 12:58 AM HADT (09:58 UTC), 28 km (17 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-16 09:58:25 UTC
- Depth
- 27.9 km (17.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.504° N, 178.147° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 95 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.259 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.8116 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 96 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.7131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.7187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.9127 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 171 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.6139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.588 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 166 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.985 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 186 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.8179 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 88 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6138 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 206 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.273 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.0148 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.791 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 61 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.594 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.686 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 57 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 54 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 82 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.5139 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.959 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.855 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.4131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.9129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 61 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.5163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.5142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.660 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 77 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.470 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.518 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.685 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 76 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.6100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 64 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6154 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6114 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.657 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.5191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.564 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.555 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5140 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 83 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.9120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.554 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.6182 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.5122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 167 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 102 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5120 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.5115 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 127 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.0129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 48 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 1.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.5110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.6121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.0124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 50 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.8111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.5130 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.5186 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6176 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.1140 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.7126 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.3134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.7192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 124 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.629 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.867 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.698 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.1194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.986 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6140 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022692sl3z. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 5:36 AM UTC.