Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 7:37 PM HADT (04:37 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 7:37 PM HADT
UTC: 2022-06-30 04:37:13 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.411° N, 178.476° 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 3.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 197°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 31

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 95 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 us6000ic9n (also filed as ak0228bevi9b). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:41 AM UTC.