Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 6 km NE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 12:45 PM HAST (22:45 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 14 km SW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-01-17 22:45:43 UTC
Depth
2.7 km (1.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.909° N, 176.552° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 0.7 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.28
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
144°
Stations used
8

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.861 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.773 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.946 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.78 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.961 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 3.948 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.073 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 3.383 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.958 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.61 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.195 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.777 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.772 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.789 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.951 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 123 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.774 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 84 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.684 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.936 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 91 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.659 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.658 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 2.669 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 1.836 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 1.675 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 4.027 km N of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 108 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 2.786 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.861 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.552 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 2.383 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 243 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 1.639 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 34 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 1.652 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 4.020 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 92 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 1.983 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 1.658 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 2.470 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 154 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 1.833 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.293 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.394 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 1.861 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 1.760 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 1.66 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  43. 1.777 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 1.835 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 1.766 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 1.735 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 1.654 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 1.550 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 1.966 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 2.515 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 109 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 3.668 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 3.770 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 1.978 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 1.746 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  56. 3.573 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 1.775 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 1.818 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 69 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 1.764 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 1.850 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.773 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.833 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.957 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 155 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.846 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.715 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 66 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 1.745 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.988 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.787 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.075 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.571 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.668 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.230 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 62 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 1.766 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.97 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  16. 1.56 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.267 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.582 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.785 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.080 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91465741. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC.