Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Jun 9, 2023, 11:33 PM HADT (08:33 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-06-10 08:33:01 UTC
Depth
30.5 km (19.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.222° N, 179.028° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.2ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.085 · 18 stations
2.9ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 3.8 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
208°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
33

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9118 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1213 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1213 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.1159 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1213 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.8101 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1213 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.0155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1213 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 1.9236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.6114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 3.0101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.9108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.1131 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.5211 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.6231 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 3.6165 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 1.5164 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.8180 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 3.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 2.6187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 1.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 3.4127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1210 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 3.086 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1210 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 3.2255 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1210 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.0233 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1210 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 5.3135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  27. 2.8136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 2.0131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 2.1133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 1.6134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 1.6132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 3.3134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 1.9134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 3.1136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 3.3138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 1.6130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 1.5130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 1.8136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 2.6136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 1.5136 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  41. 3.3135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 1.5134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 1.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 1.7125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 1.5149 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 1.9229 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 2.7266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 1.9120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 1.5131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 1.897 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.9163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1208 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 1.9134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1208 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  53. 3.6245 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1208 days ago · 96 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 3.7225 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1208 days ago · 129 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1208 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 1.8135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1207 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 1.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1207 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 1.6221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1207 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 2.1182 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1207 days ago · 97 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 2.8221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1206 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.7131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1213 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.7112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1213 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.7114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1213 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.6163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1213 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 2.1181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1213 days ago · 112 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.8147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1214 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.8100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1214 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.5126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1215 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.9190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1215 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 1.789 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1215 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.7110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1215 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.093 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 1215 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 3.8131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1215 days ago · 133 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.2122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1215 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.097 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1216 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 3.6190 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1216 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 3.6184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1216 days ago · 32 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 1.9134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1216 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.2123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1217 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.2152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1217 days ago · 65 km deep · 38 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000k914 (also filed as ak0237eehf34). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:51 AM UTC.