M2.6 earthquake 241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jun 13, 2022, 1:10 PM GMT-12 (01:10 UTC), 10 km (6 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 · ±0.115 · 10 stations
2.0	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: 171 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 171.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i8q6 (also filed as ak0227kwbx38). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:38 AM UTC.