M3.1 earthquake 216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jan 21, 2023, 9:08 AM HAST (19:08 UTC), 35 km (22 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
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-21 19:08:36 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.088° N, 179.490° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 226°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 85 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 99 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.8234 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.8117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.0182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.2116 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6145 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1253 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.3124 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.6190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.3233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.1274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.1167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.7158 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.3212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 122 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.2299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.7145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.1141 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.4177 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.8135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.4218 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 91 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.9200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.1139 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.3191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.4203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.5188 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.6148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.2132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.0163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.3299 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7258 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.0121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.2123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.0229 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.1129 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 85.
Before
- 4.0208 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 85 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.6214 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1242 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.2260 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.5128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.6135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.3211 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0144 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.0151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
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