Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 265 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 265 km W of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 1:23 PM GMT+12 (01:23 UTC), 173 km (107 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.2 (ml), minor
Local time: Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 1:23 PM GMT+12
UTC: 2022-10-13 01:23:14 UTC
Depth: 172.7 km (107.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 52.111° N, 179.522° E
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 16.0 km horizontally, 17.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 163°
Stations used: 17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000inx2 (also filed as ak022d50fni9). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:57 AM UTC.