Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 72 km NE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 72 km NE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jan 2, 2023, 2:50 AM HAST (12:50 UTC), 173 km (107 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 28 km WNW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2023-01-02 12:50:01 UTC
Depth
172.7 km (107.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.300° N, 175.833° 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 10.1 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
145°
Stations used
16

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.346 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 1.545 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.677 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.848 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 1.982 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.662 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.656 km N of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 204 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.553 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.646 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.529 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 3.115 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 141 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.549 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 2.029 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 3.317 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 3.337 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 126 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.067 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.648 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 2.759 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 203 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 1.844 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 3.172 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 105 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 2.847 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 131 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 1.964 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 2.055 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 2.142 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 119 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 2.984 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 1.650 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 1.761 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 3.438 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 202 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 3.247 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 234 km deep · 10 km away
  34. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 2.8103 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 161 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 2.188 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 1.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 2.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 3.486 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 157 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 2.095 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 1.514 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 1.821 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 2.034 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 2.572 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 2.158 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 1.759 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 2.738 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 2.050 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 119 km deep · 46 km away
  51. 3.796 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 3.146 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 3.278 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 2.015 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 3.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 2.755 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 183 km deep · 18 km away
  57. 2.254 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 152 km deep · 28 km away
  58. 1.610 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 2.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 2.958 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 2.086 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.058 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.913 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 123 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.888 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.940 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.062 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 4.177 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 232 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 1.99 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.871 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 3.722 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 3.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.151 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 3.169 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 147 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.419 km NNW of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 169 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.139 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.733 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 141 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 1.743 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j5ei (also filed as ak0233iim72). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC.