Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 76 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 76 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Wed, Dec 7, 2022, 11:53 PM AKST (08:53 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 89 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-08 08:53:18 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.590° N, 167.589° 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
1.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.3ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.502456444324547 · 8 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
13

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.685 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 89 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.527 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 90 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.98 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.992 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.6101 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.592 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 63 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.585 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.883 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 3.095 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.059 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 76 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 2.268 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 3.344 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.9101 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.269 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 105 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.789 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.983 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.766 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.853 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 3.086 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.174 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 2.078 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 2.689 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 3.0Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 2.176 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
  25. 2.135 km NNE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 2.121 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 2.082 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 1.56 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 2.084 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 2.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.9107 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 2.076 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 2.096 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 3.435 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 1.934 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 1.894 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 2.179 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 1.678 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 1.822 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 3.059 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 1.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 60 km deep · 30 km away
  43. 2.192 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 2.658 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 1.750 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 1.773 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  47. 1.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
  48. 2.544 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 92 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 2.149 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 1.972 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 2.723 km NNE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 2.658 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 1.951 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 1.649 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 1.650 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  56. 1.980 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 1.59 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 3.089 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 3.284 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 2.233 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 117.

Before

  1. 1.881 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.149 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 81 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.988 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.639 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.1104 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.387 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 3.689 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.190 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.698 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.015 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.688 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.892 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.656 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 134 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.673 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.675 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.780 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 3.190 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.084 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.685 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022fpqvk4x (also filed as av91078958, av91078963). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:01 AM UTC.