Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 65 km ENE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 65 km ENE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Apr 3, 2022, 1:08 PM HADT (22:08 UTC), 199 km (124 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 43 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Apr 3, 2022, 1:08 PM HADT
UTC: 2022-04-03 22:08:45 UTC
Depth: 199.0 km (123.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 52.061° N, 175.731° 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 16.1 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 162°
Stations used: 15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 168 in the 60 days after this one and 126 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 168.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hmja (also filed as ak0224a64mgr). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:40 AM UTC.