Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 44 km NE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 44 km NE of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Mar 26, 2022, 12:21 AM HADT (09:21 UTC), 204 km (127 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 43 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Mar 26, 2022, 12:21 AM HADT
UTC: 2022-03-26 09:21:17 UTC
Depth: 203.7 km (126.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 52.114° N, 176.120° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 139°
Stations used: 27

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 125 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 162.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h86x (also filed as ak0223wq5xt1). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.