Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, May 24, 2022, 3:56 AM GMT-12 (15:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-05-24 15:56:37 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
50.989° N, 179.871° 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
2.9ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations
2.5ML, 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 1.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
238°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 108 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.5212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.8266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.6240 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.0222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.9281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 1.6236 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 3.2298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 3.1226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.6240 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 1.5191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.7192 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 85 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.0289 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.5206 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.6182 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.6199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 3.4247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 3.1287 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 3.4277 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 3.3276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 4.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 4.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 3.6155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.7154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 1.5155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 1.6155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 4.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 2.8194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 2.6198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 87 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 3.1295 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 1.7238 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  37. 1.5210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1579 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  38. 1.6202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1579 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  39. 1.6252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1578 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1577 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 3.9229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1577 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1577 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 2.9272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1577 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
  44. 1.6295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1576 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 1.5233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1575 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 3.1225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1574 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 1.6197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1574 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1574 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.5148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1574 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 1.5190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1574 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 1.7189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1573 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 1.9290 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1573 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 2.8264 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1572 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 2.9273 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1572 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 2.8260 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1572 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 2.6241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1571 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1569 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 2.6191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1568 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 2.6203 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1567 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 3.2280 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1567 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 177.

Before

  1. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.7253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.8256 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.8179 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.7280 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.5249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 1.6212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 3.0281 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 3.0191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away

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