Alaska earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 43 km ENE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 43 km ENE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 2:38 AM HADT (11:38 UTC), 89 km (55 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.5 (ml), minor
Local time: Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 2:38 AM HADT
UTC: 2022-06-16 11:38:00 UTC
Depth: 89.2 km (55.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 51.971° N, 176.029° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 167°
Stations used: 17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 199.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i95g (also filed as ak0227odivfd). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:01 AM UTC.