Alaska earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 292 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 1:47 AM GMT+12 (13:47 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2022-12-05 13:47:04 UTC
Depth
25.8 km (16.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.102° N, 179.346° E
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 5.9 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
226°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
11

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.4202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.8202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.5223 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.7247 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 3.4230 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 3.2319 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.5232 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 3.8259 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 192 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 6.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  13. 3.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.5331 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 2.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 78 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 70 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 2.3Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 2.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 64 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 2.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 64 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 2.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 2.5216 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 2.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 2.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 137.

Before

  1. 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 3.5247 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.4207 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.6218 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 3.4334 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.3243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 3.2Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1406 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 4.3196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1406 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.7269 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1407 days ago · 52 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.6278 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1411 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 2.4233 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1411 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 3.3262 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1413 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.8252 km W of Adak, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.8241 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.1276 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 2.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 3.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away

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