M2.6 earthquake 130 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 130 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, May 13, 2023, 8:19 AM HADT (17:19 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 135 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
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-05-13 17:19:12 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.197° N, 178.164° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 231°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 169 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1236 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.889 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1236 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.899 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1236 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.865 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1236 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.654 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.7101 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.997 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.2180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9178 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1234 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.942 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1234 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.5131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1234 days ago · 35 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1234 days ago · 57 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.0150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1233 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.5219 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1233 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1233 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.959 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.1146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.5174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0109 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.9114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.5125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.7108 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.857 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.990 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.6178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.9154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.6134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 36 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.7204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.6191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.678 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.581 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.7174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.5143 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.853 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.6150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.087 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.785 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.989 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.943 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.555 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.2126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.2193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.758 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.874 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.0127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.799 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.964 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.9125 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1239 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.848 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1239 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.187 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1239 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5155 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 42 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.860 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.878 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1241 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.799 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1241 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.985 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.661 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.786 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1243 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
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