M2.3 earthquake 120 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 120 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jan 16, 2022, 9:11 PM HAST (07:11 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 132 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
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-17 07:11:10 UTC
- Depth
- 105.7 km (65.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.882° N, 178.389° 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
- 39
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.9180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.795 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 94 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.8210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.5180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.383 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 76 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.777 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.684 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.936 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 91 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.1175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.5112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.786 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.7152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.777 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.766 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.7150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8155 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.7138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.6108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.775 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.689 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6154 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.5138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.098 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9101 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.6155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of 163.
Before
- 1.745 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.988 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.075 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.2123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.0142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 84 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.582 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.785 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.080 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Isl., Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.4191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 3.498 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.0217 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022s8dbaa. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:04 AM UTC.