M1.9 earthquake 159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jan 3, 2023, 6:49 AM HAST (16:49 UTC), 23 km (14 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-03 16:49:15 UTC
- Depth
- 23.1 km (14.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.393° N, 178.802° 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
- 26
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 134 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.595 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · -2 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 94 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.899 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.6189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.1117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.3157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.9206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.1105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0144 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.987 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.6145 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.1103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.176 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6141 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 149 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.897 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 138 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.6135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.5128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.2157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 56 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.1164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.0206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.065 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.085 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.6214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 85 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.5104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.591 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.1216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.1193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.8234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.798 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.992 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.0182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.767 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.4107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.6145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.9115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.1174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.2244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.2210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.4102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.074 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 67 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.1228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.7111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6153 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.9244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.783 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.494 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
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