Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 225 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 225 km W of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Sep 9, 2022, 11:09 PM HADT (08:09 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Fri, Sep 9, 2022, 11:09 PM HADT
UTC: 2022-09-10 08:09:25 UTC
Depth: 78.9 km (49.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 51.621° N, 179.875° 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 14.0 km horizontally, 13.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 160°
Stations used: 18

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 103.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000itrq (also filed as ak022bmjs972). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC.