M3.5 earthquake 130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jan 9, 2023, 4:45 AM HAST (14:45 UTC), 18 km (11 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
- 3.5 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-09 14:45:25 UTC
- Depth
- 17.9 km (11.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.375° N, 178.344° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 207°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 133 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.868 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 46 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.0144 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.747 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.987 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.3211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.6145 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.1103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.176 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.5101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.9101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.6141 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 149 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.897 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.096 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.6135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.2157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 56 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.1164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.0206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.065 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.085 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.959 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.835 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.6214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.1103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.184 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.591 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.1216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.861 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.061 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.057 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.1193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.956 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 24 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.798 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.649 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.992 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.0182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.767 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.4107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.2116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 47 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.6145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.9115 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.9206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.3157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.6189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.899 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.595 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · -2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.1174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.048 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.4102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jjas (also filed as ak023f4fw15). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:07 PM UTC.