M1.6 earthquake 241 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 241 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 3:06 AM GMT+12 (15:06 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Andreanof 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-28 15:06:58 UTC
- Depth
- 14.7 km (9.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.725° N, 179.876° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 342°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2222 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 148 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7218 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.9275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0282 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1332 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.3148 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6147 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.0240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.8147 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.9322 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 111 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 181 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.7214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 74 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8258 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 63 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.8238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 77 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.8227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.0227 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.2265 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 173 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 109 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.2230 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 166 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.0246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.2210 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 91 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.7235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 54 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.0225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2254 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.1219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.8257 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.6147 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.1239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.2182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7225 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.8198 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 96 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 213 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 97.
Before
- 2.6269 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 145 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.7235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.9232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.3216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 87 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 101 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8280 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.6319 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.9247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6240 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 233 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 60 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.3208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9285 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8189 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 173 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91686341. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:42 AM UTC.