Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 298 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 298 km W of Adak, Alaska on Fri, May 20, 2022, 9:18 AM GMT+12 (21:18 UTC), 83 km (51 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-05-19 21:18:15 UTC
Depth
82.7 km (51.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.638° N, 179.058° E
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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 124 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 124 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.8256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.7253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 65 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.5212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 60 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 69 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 1.8266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 114 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.0222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 1.9281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.6236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 2.9297 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 90 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 3.2298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 3.1226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 1.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 83 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 2.3258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 195 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 120 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 129 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 88 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 1.5206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 1.7262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 156 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 71 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 3.4247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 1.5291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 75 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 59 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 3.1287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 3.4277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 3.3276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 4.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 2.1281 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 84 km deep · 21 km away
  49. 4.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  53. 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.6212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 110 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 3.0281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.7275 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 194 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.6292 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 72 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0226e8b7ey. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:52 PM UTC.