M1.8 earthquake 65 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 65 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, May 16, 2022, 1:50 PM HADT (22:50 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 22 km SSW 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-16 22:50:36 UTC
- Depth
- 27.2 km (16.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.422° N, 176.017° 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
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.059 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.559 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.667 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.566 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.588 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.560 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 83 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.757 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.273 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.045 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 69 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.648 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.04 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.460 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 184 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.644 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.045 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 124 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.686 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.769 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 58 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.682 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.959 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.855 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.725 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 63 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.542 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.881 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.166 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 143 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.470 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.065 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 151 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.518 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.650 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 136 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.073 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.754 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.963 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.657 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.564 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.555 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.083 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.577 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.944 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 188 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.675 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.9102 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.671 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.871 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 44 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.554 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.773 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 102 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.653 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.370 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.969 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.771 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.662 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.510 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.654 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.749 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.683 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.569 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.548 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.823 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.259 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.789 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.728 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.574 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.682 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.8161 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.857 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.540 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.983 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.388 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 139 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.648 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 136 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.596 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.950 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 151 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.654 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.026 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 180 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.555 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
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