M1.5 earthquake 41 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

Magnitude

1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Sun, May 21, 2023, 12:38 AM HADT

UTC

2023-05-21 09:38:27 UTC

Depth

37.3 km (23.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

51.542° N, 176.364° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

26

After

1. 1.674 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaSun, May 21, 5:49 PM HADT · 1228 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
2. 1.696 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaMon, May 22, 5:32 AM HADT · 1228 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
3. 3.231 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaMon, May 22, 7:50 AM HADT · 1228 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away
4. 1.648 km S of Adak, AlaskaMon, May 22, 11:02 PM HADT · 1227 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
5. 1.652 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 23, 12:32 AM HADT · 1227 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
6. 1.617 km S of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 23, 2:11 AM HADT · 1227 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
7. 1.678 km SW of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 23, 10:35 AM HADT · 1227 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
8. 3.255 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 23, 2:06 PM HADT · 1227 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
9. 1.581 km SW of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 23, 9:00 PM HADT · 1226 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
10. 1.740 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 24, 5:00 AM HADT · 1226 days ago · 46 km deep · 1 km away
11. 1.934 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 24, 12:22 PM HADT · 1226 days ago · 54 km deep · 23 km away
12. 2.684 km SE of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 24, 8:43 PM HADT · 1225 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
13. 3.358 km SE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 25, 2:03 AM HADT · 1225 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
14. 1.853 km SW of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 25, 6:18 AM HADT · 1225 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
15. 1.750 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 25, 6:57 AM HADT · 1225 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
16. 1.657 km SE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 25, 7:30 AM HADT · 1225 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
17. 3.542 km S of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 25, 8:20 AM HADT · 1225 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
18. 2.087 km SW of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 25, 6:28 PM HADT · 1224 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
19. 1.736 km SSW of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 25, 7:14 PM HADT · 1224 days ago · 62 km deep · 32 km away
20. 1.785 km WSW of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 25, 10:21 PM HADT · 1224 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
21. 1.964 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 25, 10:36 PM HADT · 1224 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
22. 1.989 km WSW of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 25, 11:33 PM HADT · 1224 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
23. 1.762 km S of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 26, 12:00 AM HADT · 1224 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
24. 1.961 km SE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 26, 9:44 AM HADT · 1224 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
25. 1.944 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 26, 1:50 PM HADT · 1224 days ago · 36 km deep · 7 km away
26. 1.957 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 26, 7:32 PM HADT · 1223 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
27. 1.943 km SW of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 26, 11:59 PM HADT · 1223 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
28. 3.555 km SW of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 27, 12:05 AM HADT · 1223 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
29. 2.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaSun, May 28, 1:50 AM HADT · 1222 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
30. 3.366 km SE of Adak, AlaskaSun, May 28, 1:50 AM HADT · 1222 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
31. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaSun, May 28, 4:45 AM HADT · 1222 days ago · 61 km deep · 34 km away
32. 1.758 km SW of Adak, AlaskaSun, May 28, 3:09 PM HADT · 1222 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
33. 3.177 km WSW of Adak, AlaskaSun, May 28, 11:31 PM HADT · 1221 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
34. 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaMon, May 29, 10:18 AM HADT · 1221 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
35. 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaMon, May 29, 7:14 PM HADT · 1220 days ago · 47 km deep · 21 km away
36. 1.641 km S of Adak, AlaskaMon, May 29, 8:15 PM HADT · 1220 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
37. 1.873 km E of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 30, 10:46 AM HADT · 1220 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
38. 1.541 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 30, 11:22 AM HADT · 1220 days ago · 30 km deep · 1 km away
39. 1.659 km SSW of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 30, 12:09 PM HADT · 1220 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
40. 1.542 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 30, 5:07 PM HADT · 1219 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
41. 1.654 km SE of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 30, 8:05 PM HADT · 1219 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
42. 1.765 km SE of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 31, 2:37 AM HADT · 1219 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
43. 1.955 km NE of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 31, 5:44 AM HADT · 1219 days ago · 129 km deep · 80 km away
44. 2.427 km N of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 31, 9:00 AM HADT · 1219 days ago · 205 km deep · 67 km away
45. 2.772 km SSW of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 31, 12:57 PM HADT · 1219 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
46. 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaWed, May 31, 11:20 PM HADT · 1218 days ago · 72 km deep · 47 km away
47. 1.984 km SW of Atka, AlaskaThu, Jun 1, 1:44 AM HADT · 1218 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
48. 3.174 km SSW of Adak, AlaskaThu, Jun 1, 3:57 AM HADT · 1218 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
49. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaThu, Jun 1, 9:12 AM HADT · 1218 days ago · 101 km deep · 41 km away
50. 2.966 km SW of Adak, AlaskaThu, Jun 1, 8:16 PM HADT · 1217 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
51. 3.862 km SSW of Adak, AlaskaFri, Jun 2, 1:10 AM HADT · 1217 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
52. 1.812 km WSW of Adak, AlaskaFri, Jun 2, 6:46 AM HADT · 1217 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
53. 4.164 km SSW of Adak, AlaskaFri, Jun 2, 12:44 PM HADT · 1217 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
54. 3.228 km S of Adak, AlaskaSat, Jun 3, 1:06 AM HADT · 1216 days ago · 75 km deep · 17 km away
55. 2.590 km WSW of Adak, AlaskaSat, Jun 3, 6:16 AM HADT · 1216 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
56. 2.8113 km SW of Atka, AlaskaSat, Jun 3, 2:12 PM HADT · 1216 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
57. 3.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaSat, Jun 3, 3:41 PM HADT · 1216 days ago · 96 km deep · 69 km away
58. 3.833 km SSW of Adak, AlaskaSun, Jun 4, 8:27 AM HADT · 1215 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
59. 2.273 km ENE of Adak, AlaskaMon, Jun 5, 2:52 AM HADT · 1214 days ago · 92 km deep · 79 km away
60. 1.839 km S of Adak, AlaskaMon, Jun 5, 5:52 AM HADT · 1214 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 1.846 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 20, 7:24 PM HADT · 1229 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
2. 1.771 km WSW of Atka, AlaskaSat, May 20, 6:24 PM HADT · 1229 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
3. 1.562 km SE of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 20, 11:23 AM HADT · 1230 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
4. 1.990 km SW of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 20, 8:27 AM HADT · 1230 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
5. 1.857 km SW of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 20, 5:31 AM HADT · 1230 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
6. 1.638 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 20, 5:08 AM HADT · 1230 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
7. 2.591 km SW of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 19, 2:32 PM HADT · 1231 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
8. 1.545 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 19, 5:25 AM HADT · 1231 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
9. 2.845 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 18, 11:50 PM HADT · 1231 days ago · 34 km deep · 4 km away
10. 1.539 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 18, 11:41 PM HADT · 1231 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
11. 1.540 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 18, 7:56 PM HADT · 1231 days ago · 32 km deep · 1 km away
12. 1.735 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 18, 6:51 PM HADT · 1231 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
13. 1.839 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 18, 3:50 PM HADT · 1231 days ago · 34 km deep · 1 km away
14. 1.640 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 18, 1:17 PM HADT · 1232 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
15. 1.842 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 18, 12:14 PM HADT · 1232 days ago · 38 km deep · 2 km away
16. 1.842 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 18, 12:14 PM HADT · 1232 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
17. 4.615 km SE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 18, 12:08 PM HADT · 1232 days ago · 60 km deep · 27 km away
18. 1.654 km S of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 18, 5:57 AM HADT · 1232 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
19. 1.537 km S of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 18, 5:48 AM HADT · 1232 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
20. 2.768 km SE of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 17, 8:46 PM HADT · 1232 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0236hcd1f7. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:16 PM UTC.