Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 6:02 PM HAST (04:02 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 83 km ESE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-11-24 04:02:06 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.293° N, 175.141° 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
2.8ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.6ML, 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 3.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
257°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 138 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.382 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1409 days ago · 109 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.855 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1409 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.953 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1408 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.867 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1406 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.853 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1406 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.883 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1406 days ago · 52 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.373 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1405 days ago · 158 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.837 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1405 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.866 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1405 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.942 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1405 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.655 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1405 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.762 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1405 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.165 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.978 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 80 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 3.084 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.270 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.538 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 134 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.754 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.761 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.9101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  21. 2.4126 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 3.060 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 49 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 2.256 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.855 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 1.741 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
  27. 1.757 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 1.871 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.982 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 1.671 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 1.657 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 1.940 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 2.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 1.930 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away
  37. 2.789 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 4.893 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 3.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 2.060 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 1.952 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 2.7191 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 1.557 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 2.049 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 2.562 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 4.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away
  49. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
  50. 3.1103 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  51. 1.960 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 1.9109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  53. 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 2.527 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 2.499 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 2.892 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  57. 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 4.094 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 50 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 2.063 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 2.7108 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1409 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1410 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.659 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1410 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 3.392 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1410 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.060 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1411 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.799 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1411 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 2.840 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1411 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.797 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1413 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 1.766 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1413 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.675 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1414 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.732 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.864 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 89 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.964 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.1169 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.762 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.9155 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 3.494 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 44 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 2.255 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 3.076 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away

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