M1.6 earthquake 234 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 234 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jul 20, 2022, 6:54 AM HADT (15:54 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 240 km WNW 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-20 15:54:35 UTC
- Depth
- 13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.748° N, 179.974° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 142°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 116 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.6232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0199 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 103 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.6233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.5234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 16 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.1251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.5235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.5237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.7235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.3145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 83 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 101 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 141 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.6259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1533 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.7251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1533 days ago · 103 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.7231 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1532 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1532 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.0223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1532 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.1234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 13 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.3262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 88 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9253 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 87 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.5206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 125 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.8275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.9235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.6250 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.8197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.4280 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.6159 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.5229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8200 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 172 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.5220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 148 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 115 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.7237 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 93 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.5266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3249 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 135 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.2240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of 146.
Before
- 1.8236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.7231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.5207 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 97 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.9233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.6232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.6233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.6232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.8233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.8234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.6234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.7235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.6233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.6231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.6236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.7235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.7236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.4235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91639576. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:24 AM UTC.