Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 47 km NE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 47 km NE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 1:20 AM HAST (11:20 UTC), 175 km (109 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 77 km NNE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-11 11:20:31 UTC
Depth
175.3 km (108.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.159° N, 176.125° 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
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.148 · 6 stations
2.4ML, 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 15.1 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
194°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
10

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.319 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.094 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.063 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.815 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 3.245 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 3.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.285 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 3.067 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 229 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 3.770 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 3.063 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.960 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.082 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.053 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 78 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.553 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 108 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.746 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.04 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 3.392 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 3.548 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 1.971 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 3.020 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 200 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 2.088 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 1.536 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 2.055 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 1.938 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 1.984 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 3.073 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 133 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 1.937 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 3.956 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 182 km deep · 11 km away
  31. 1.743 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 3.064 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.733 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 141 km deep · 21 km away
  34. 2.139 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  37. 1.847 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 2.419 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 169 km deep · 46 km away
  39. 3.169 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 147 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 2.126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 2.151 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 3.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 2.653 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 3.722 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 1.871 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 1.99 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 4.177 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 232 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 2.062 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 1.940 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 1.888 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.913 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 123 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 2.058 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 2.958 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 2.086 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 3.072 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 173 km deep · 25 km away
  57. 2.346 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 1.545 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 2.048 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 2.677 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 170.

Before

  1. 2.527 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.521 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.960 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 3.1103 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.562 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.538 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.049 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.557 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 2.016 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.952 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.060 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 3.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 4.893 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.789 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.930 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 82 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away

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