Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 103 km SW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 103 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Thu, Dec 8, 2022, 12:33 AM HAST (10:33 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 94 km SW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-08 10:33:19 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.517° N, 175.223° 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
3.1ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.148 · 6 stations
2.7ML, 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 3.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
237°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
11

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.960 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.9109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.527 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.499 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.892 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.647 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 175 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.641 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.319 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.094 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 50 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 2.063 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.815 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 3.245 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 3.144 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.285 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 3.770 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 65 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 3.3100 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 3.063 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.960 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 2.082 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 2.553 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 108 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.996 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 1.860 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 2.242 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 3.392 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  27. 3.548 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 1.971 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 3.020 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 200 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 2.088 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 2.652 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 2.231 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 2.055 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 1.938 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 1.984 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 3.956 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 182 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.743 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 3.4163 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 3.251 km S of Atka, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 2.3108 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 3.064 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 2.733 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 141 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 2.139 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 2.159 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 3.169 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 147 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 2.151 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 3.763 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 1.871 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 1.99 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 70 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 2.062 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 2.971 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  54. 1.940 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 59 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 1.888 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 58 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 2.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 3.091 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 2.192 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 3.087 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 2.058 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 159.

Before

  1. 2.9Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 51 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.562 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.538 km S of Adak, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.049 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.557 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.560 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.016 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.952 km W of Atka, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.060 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 3.696 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 46 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 2.062 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 4.893 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 47 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.789 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 1.930 km E of Adak, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.059 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 1.559 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 1.940 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.657 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.671 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away

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