Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 78 km NE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 78 km NE of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jan 8, 2022, 12:44 PM HAST (22:44 UTC), 183 km (114 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 14 km SW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2022-01-08 22:44:17 UTC
Depth
183.2 km (113.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.270° N, 175.692° 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 12.2 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
163°
Stations used
26

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 145.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ghhm (also filed as ak022dlns5q). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:12 AM UTC.