M2.0 earthquake 48 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 48 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jan 2, 2023, 5:37 AM HAST (15:37 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 121 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-02 15:37:16 UTC
- Depth
- 2.5 km (1.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.499° N, 176.983° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.40
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 284°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 153 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.848 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.982 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.595 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · -2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.899 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.553 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.529 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.549 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.029 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.317 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.337 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 126 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.767 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.844 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.750 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.847 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 131 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.964 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.753 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.868 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.768 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.055 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.142 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.984 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.854 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.747 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 49 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.867 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.987 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.854 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.640 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 109 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6145 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.761 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.1103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.176 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.5101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.9101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.897 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.096 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 161 km deep · 94 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.545 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.346 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.4102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.958 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.058 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.087 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.192 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.091 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.074 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.913 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 123 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.940 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.99 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.871 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.722 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 73 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.653 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 78 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91082628. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:46 AM UTC.