M3.4 earthquake 102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 102 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jan 1, 2023, 11:01 PM HAST (09:01 UTC), 33 km (21 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
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-02 09:01:07 UTC
- Depth
- 33.4 km (20.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.374° N, 177.885° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 232°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 140 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.048 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.8128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.595 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · -2 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.899 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.6189 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.686 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.3157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.029 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.750 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.753 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.868 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.768 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 46 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.0144 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.854 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.747 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.987 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.854 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.9141 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.640 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6145 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.1103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.176 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.5101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.9101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6141 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 149 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.897 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.096 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.956 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.6135 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.955 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.2157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.1164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.065 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 66 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.821 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.632 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.085 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.959 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.835 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.1103 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.1106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.958 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.074 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.722 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.653 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.7111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 78 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1128 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.6153 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.847 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.783 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.494 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.596 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · -2 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.2148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.890 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j5eb (also filed as ak0233gftq3). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:13 AM UTC.