M1.7 earthquake 143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Aug 28, 2022, 5:02 AM HADT (14:02 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2022-08-28 14:02:19 UTC
- Depth
- 71.8 km (44.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.586° N, 178.659° 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
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 99 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.5219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 196 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 99 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.685 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.7205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.0186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.959 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.6123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.776 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.5166 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.5232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.976 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.695 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.588 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.987 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.5116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.6206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.8138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.3228 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.895 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.8207 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 168 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.582 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.8145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 54 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.8158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.3147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 73 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.0150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.1171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.8234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.184 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.7225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.670 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.9151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.6104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.9106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6102 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8189 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
The first 60 of 176.
Before
- 1.580 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.880 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.7124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 74 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.9175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.599 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 60 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 109 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.7113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.774 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.8170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.587 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7138 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 167 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 107 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.3102 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 204 km deep · 47 km away
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