M3.4 earthquake 98 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 98 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jan 9, 2022, 10:22 AM HAST (20:22 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-09 20:22:28 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.335° N, 177.762° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 220°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 27
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.61 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.946 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.024 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 3.4191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.621 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.080 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 45 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.785 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.582 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.0142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 84 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.766 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.230 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.668 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.2123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.075 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.988 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.745 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.715 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.3120 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.846 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.833 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 64 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.861 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.946 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.795 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9153 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.383 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.61 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.777 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.772 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7111 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.684 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 37 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.7141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.936 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 91 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.658 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.1175 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.836 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5112 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.8178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.786 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.861 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.639 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.020 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.2157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.7152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.833 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.7126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.8130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.769 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.980 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.961 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.5134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.664 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.8123 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.777 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.1155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gi5b (also filed as ak022f7vkie). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:08 AM UTC.