M2.2 earthquake 244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jan 2, 2023, 9:46 PM GMT-12 (09:46 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-03 09:46:32 UTC
- Depth
- 13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.177° N, 179.974° 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.
- Stations used
- 22
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.8267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 56 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.3212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.6189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.7315 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 74 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.7241 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 151 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 138 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.2260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 56 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.2157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.6214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 85 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.1216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.1193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 99 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.8234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.0182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.1249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.3233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.1274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.1167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.3212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 122 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.8159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.2299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.2165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.2239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0261 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.4177 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 88 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.4218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 91 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.9200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 2.4203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.1200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.5188 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.6148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.0163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of 67.
Before
- 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.1228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.8207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.9244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.5174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.4182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.4228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.1181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 71 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.0183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2185 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.8180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.1251 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 96 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.3204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
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