Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 64 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 64 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Sat, May 7, 2022, 4:44 AM HADT (13:44 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 22 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-05-07 13:44:10 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.358° N, 176.212° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.8ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 stations
2.4ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 1.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
217°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
14

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.371 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 237 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.592 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 2.057 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 167 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.61 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.665 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 1.765 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 3.47 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.088 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 3.867 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.629 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.583 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 152 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 3.287 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 1.780 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.555 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.026 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 180 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.654 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.950 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 151 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 3.596 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.648 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 136 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 139 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.764 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 1.983 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 1.540 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 1.857 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 1.682 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 1.574 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 1.728 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 1.789 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 3.259 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 1.823 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 1.653 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 1.865 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 2.059 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 1.559 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 2.667 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 1.566 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 1.588 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 1.560 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 83 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 2.757 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 3.273 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 1.656 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 2.045 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 69 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 2.648 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 2.04 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.460 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 184 km deep · 99 km away
  46. 1.644 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
  47. 2.045 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 124 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 2.686 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 1.769 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 2.959 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 1.855 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 1.725 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 1.660 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.542 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 42 km deep · 21 km away
  55. 1.566 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  56. 1.881 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 2.166 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 143 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 3.470 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 1.6101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 2.065 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 151 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 194.

Before

  1. 1.859 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 1.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.743 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.889 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 3.552 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.0152 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.870 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.053 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.952 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.162 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 46 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.3161 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.685 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.757 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 237 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 1.956 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 34 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 1.866 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.162 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.673 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away

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