M2.0 earthquake 260 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 260 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 8:57 AM GMT+12 (20:57 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 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
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-21 20:57:43 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.913° N, 179.588° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.0350 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 107 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8198 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 96 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 213 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1429 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.6241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.1278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 170 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.4215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.9327 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.2180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 139 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6204 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6264 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.9239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 208 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.9204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.8339 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.8252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 72 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.9273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1413 days ago · 169 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.0340 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1412 days ago · 170 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.3262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1412 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.4233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1410 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.6278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1410 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.7269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1406 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1405 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.3243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.4334 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4207 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 99 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.5247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 118 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.3292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.8202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.4230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0169 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.2319 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.8259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 192 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 6.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of 133.
Before
- 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 109 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.8257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.2284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.2210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 91 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 142 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.0246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.2230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 166 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 109 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.6232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 121 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.2265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 173 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.0236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91075413. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:13 AM UTC.