M1.6 earthquake 50 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 50 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 22, 2022, 12:49 AM HADT (09:49 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 145 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
- 2022-08-22 09:49:42 UTC
- Depth
- 32.8 km (20.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.568° N, 177.176° 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
- 27
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 112 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.047 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 136 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.593 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 60 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.2141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.050 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 122 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3102 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 204 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.346 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 214 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.587 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.774 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.546 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 48 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 214 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.671 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.564 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.556 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.652 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.599 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.640 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 47 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.880 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 34 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.044 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.580 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.657 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.6123 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.921 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 61 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.641 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.685 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.675 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.654 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.771 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.664 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.959 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 66 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.721 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 58 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 3.845 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.539 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.639 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.944 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.776 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.539 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 200 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.661 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 47 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.662 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.760 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.968 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.776 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.6106 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.565 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6136 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.668 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.154 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.761 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.644 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.054 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.661 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.561 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.529 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 64 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.563 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.584 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 56 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.779 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8101 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.661 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.672 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.298 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.650 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 133 km deep · 96 km away
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