Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 71 km S of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 71 km S of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 10:43 AM HADT (19:43 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 21 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-08-26 19:43:56 UTC
Depth
26.6 km (16.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.238° N, 176.731° 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
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations
2.0ML, 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 3.9 km horizontally, 12.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
226°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
26

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 188 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.564 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.556 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.652 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.599 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.1160 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.640 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.653 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 3.044 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.580 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 1.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.657 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 1.760 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.6123 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.921 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 61 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.641 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 1.685 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.675 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.654 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 2.771 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 1.664 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 1.959 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 4.721 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 58 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  24. 3.845 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 1.539 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 1.639 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 3.944 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 2.776 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 1.661 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 1.9162 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 1.662 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 1.688 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 1.760 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 2.968 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 1.962 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 1.667 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 1.542 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 2.976 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 1.565 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 1.695 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 1.588 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.987 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 1.86 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 1.837 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 120 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 3.767 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 3.449 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 1.675 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 2.895 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 1.665 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 56 km deep · 40 km away
  50. 1.870 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 1.563 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 1.582 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 3.670 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 1.753 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  55. 2.742 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 2.737 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 3.184 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.830 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 79 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 1.738 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 55 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 2.531 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 125 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 188.

Before

  1. 1.541 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.061 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 1.546 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 48 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.7100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.765 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.7113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.774 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.679 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.587 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 3.273 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.050 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 122 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 3.593 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.650 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.776 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.6106 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.565 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.668 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away

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