Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 191 km SSW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 191 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 10:48 PM HAST (08:48 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-12-07 08:48:06 UTC
Depth
37.3 km (23.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
50.527° N, 174.883° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 26.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
288°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.499 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.8201 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 3.3100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.996 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 3.4163 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 2.5134 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.3108 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.9211 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 2.9182 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 2.8185 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.5167 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 3.5186 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 2.7195 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.9109 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.9112 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 3.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 2.7134 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 3.0153 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 2.7193 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.4126 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 3.0193 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1405 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.8193 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1405 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.8119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1407 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.7108 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1407 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 3.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1407 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.1169 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1413 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 2.9155 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1414 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.2102 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.2187 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.9112 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.7187 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 2.0100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 3.0118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jaq5 (also filed as ak022fo3b3zr). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.