Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 232 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 232 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jul 19, 2022, 10:41 PM HADT (07:41 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 240 km WNW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Tue, Jul 19, 2022, 10:41 PM HADT
UTC: 2022-07-20 07:41:49 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.724° N, 179.995° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 129°
Stations used: 17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 113 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 153.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hs9x (also filed as av91639171, ak02298jfncl). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:54 PM UTC.