M2.2 earthquake 157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 9:29 PM HAST (07:29 UTC), 56 km (35 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
- 2023-01-17 07:29:14 UTC
- Depth
- 56.3 km (35.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.430° N, 178.789° 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
- 23
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 99 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.1164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.0206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.065 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.085 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.591 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.061 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.1193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.8234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.798 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.992 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.0182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.767 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.4107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.9115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.3124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.675 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 88 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.858 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.3233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.1167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.7158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.089 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.3212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 122 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.8159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.263 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.076 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.991 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.7127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.3179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.3142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.269 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.7145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.0190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.1141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.2239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.6135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 73 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 138 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.897 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6141 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 149 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.9101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.176 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.6145 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.987 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0144 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
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