M1.7 earthquake 259 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 259 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 4:08 AM GMT+12 (16:08 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-24 16:08:50 UTC
- Depth
- 4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.962° N, 179.600° E
- 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8168 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.6258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 101 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.1264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 109 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.6298 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8271 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.5219 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 196 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.6225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.9252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 135 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 105 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3228 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 91 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.7262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8294 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 86 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.3254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.0339 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8207 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 168 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 106 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.8261 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 130 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.7225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1252 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 173 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8189 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.9285 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.3208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6240 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 233 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 2.9247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.6319 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8280 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 47 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 101 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 87 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.1352 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.6269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 145 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.6241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.2222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 148 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.7218 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 114.
Before
- 1.8235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 97 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2244 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.7265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 155 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.7196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 102 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91069168. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:20 PM UTC.