M2.6 earthquake 239 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 239 km W of Adak, Alaska on Sun, May 8, 2022, 2:58 AM HADT (11:58 UTC), 177 km (110 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 258 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations
2.1	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 103.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i1p5 (also filed as ak0225vvon20). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:17 AM UTC.