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Latest quakes in or near the Bering Sea - list, stats and map

Magnitude 4.4 Earthquake 102 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia -
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Mag. 1.7 earthquake 22 km SE of Ugashik - Alaska -
Strongest since 2024Mag. 5.8 Rat Islands - Aleutian Islands, Alaska - Mar 30, 2024 -
Updated: May 13, 2024 02:23 GMT -
Find all latest earthquakes in or near the Bering Sea in our list below, updated every minute! Events are often reported within minutes. If you just felt a quake in or near the Bering Sea, find out which quakes are happening right now!
In the past 24 hours, the Bering Sea has had 10 quakes of magnitudes up to 4.4.
Since 2024, the Bering Sea has had 1,681 quakes of magnitudes up to 5.8:
  • 9 quakes above magnitude 5
  • 83 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
  • 127 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
  • 390 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
  • 1,072 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
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Latest quakes in or near the Bering Sea - list, stats and map
Date and TimeMag
Depth
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May 12, 04:16 pm (Anchorage)
1.7

99 km
22 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska
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Sunday, May 12, 2024 GMT (9 quakes)
May 12, 09:29 pm (GMT +0)
3.7

62 km
186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska  I FELT IT
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May 13, 08:11 am (GMT +12)
4.4

10 km
102 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia  I FELT IT
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May 12, 01:31 am (GMT -9)
2.6

4.5 km
75 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska  I FELT IT
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May 12, 12:36 am (Anchorage)
1.1

3.2 km
20 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska
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May 11, 11:11 pm (Adak)
2.0

7.6 km
76 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska
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May 12, 07:19 am (GMT +0)
2.1

7.8 km
Bering Sea, 10 mi southeast of Herbert Island, Aleutians West, Alaska, United States
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May 11, 09:48 pm (Adak)
2.1

7.7 km
72 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska
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May 11, 09:09 pm (Adak)
2.0

6.2 km
74 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska
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May 11, 07:19 pm (Adak)
1.4

6.5 km
Bering Sea, 9.6 mi southeast of Herbert Island, Aleutians West, Alaska, United States
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Saturday, May 11, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
May 11, 01:58 am (Adak)
4.9

62 km
41 km E of Adak, Alaska  I FELT IT - 1 report
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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.1 x 1014 joules (30.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 26158 tons of TNT or 1.6 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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Earthquake statistics

Average number of earthquakes

Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 6,100 quakes on average per year in or near the Bering Sea:
  • Mag. 8 or higher: 0.06 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 17.9 years)
  • Mag. 7 or higher: 0.6 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.7 years)
  • Mag. 6 or higher: 5.2 quakes per year
  • Mag. 5 or higher: 53 quakes per year (or 4.4 quakes per month)
  • Mag. 4 or higher: 339 quakes per year (or 28.2 quakes per month)
  • Mag. 3 or higher: 1,100 quakes per year (or 3 quakes per day)
  • Mag. 2 or higher: 2,700 quakes per year (or 7.4 quakes per day)
  • Mag. 1 or higher: 5,000 quakes per year (or 13.7 quakes per day)
Bering Sea has a high level of seismic activity. Bering Sea has had at least 7 quakes above magnitude 8 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 15 to 20 years.

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