Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 67 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 67 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jan 7, 2023, 2:46 AM HAST (12:46 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 63 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-01-07 12:46:50 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.297° N, 176.342° 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 3.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
241°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.648 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.844 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.750 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.847 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 131 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.964 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.753 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.868 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.768 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 2.055 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 2.142 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 119 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 2.984 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.854 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 1.747 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.867 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 2.854 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 2.640 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 109 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 1.761 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 3.1103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 2.176 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 3.5101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 2.9101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 2.8103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 2.897 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 2.096 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 161 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 1.956 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 2.188 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 1.955 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 1.850 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  41. 1.645 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 2.095 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 2.065 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 1.514 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 1.821 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 2.034 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 1.632 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 2.085 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 2.572 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 1.959 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 1.835 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 3.1103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 2.544 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  55. 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  56. 2.738 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 2.050 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 119 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 3.796 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 2.9112 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 3.861 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 163.

Before

  1. 3.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 3.337 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 126 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 3.317 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.029 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.549 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.529 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.553 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 1.899 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 1.982 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.848 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.048 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 1.545 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 2.346 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.086 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jj2m (also filed as ak023bs6ljy). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:46 PM UTC.