Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 58 km S of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 58 km S of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jan 1, 2023, 6:40 AM HAST (16:40 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
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-01-01 16:40:44 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.358° N, 176.494° 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 2.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
237°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
13

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 181 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.756 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 3.4102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.086 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.346 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.545 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.048 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 1.848 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.982 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.899 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.553 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.529 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 1.549 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.029 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 3.317 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 3.337 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 126 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 3.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 2.767 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 2.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 1.648 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.844 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.856 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
  29. 1.750 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 2.847 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 131 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 1.964 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 1.753 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 1.868 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  35. 1.768 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 2.055 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 2.142 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 1.663 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  39. 2.984 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 1.854 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 1.747 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 2.867 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 2.854 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  44. 2.640 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 109 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 1.761 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 3.1103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 2.176 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 3.5101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 2.9101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 2.8103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 2.897 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.096 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 161 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 1.956 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 2.188 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 181.

Before

  1. 2.058 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 3.087 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 2.192 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 3.091 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 3.074 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 2.913 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 123 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.888 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.940 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 1.99 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.871 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.656 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 3.722 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.653 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 3.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 2.151 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 2.126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.419 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 169 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.847 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j5cb (also filed as ak0231xay5g). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:18 AM UTC.