M 3.3 earthquake – Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
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Local time: Nov 17, 2003 · 20:34 (UTC+12)
MinorShallow · 35 km
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- Magnitude
- 3.3local (Richter) magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- 35 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 51.430, 178.3981,355 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
- Energy released
- 1.3 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 50M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 168USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Nov 17, 2003.
How strong was it?
Minor earthquake. It released 1.3 tons of TNT, 355 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
50 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
- 5.1 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Nov 17, 2003
- 2.9 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Nov 17, 2003
- 3.9 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Nov 17, 2003
- 3.7 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Nov 17, 2003
- 4.5 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Nov 17, 2003
- 2.8 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Nov 17, 2003
- 3.4 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Nov 17, 2003
- 4.1 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Nov 17, 2003
- 4.7 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Nov 17, 2003
- 4.2 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Nov 17, 2003
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around United States.
- 8.7 1965 Western Aleutian Islands (Hawadax/Rat Islands) Earthquake Feb 4, 1965
- 8.3 1906 Western Aleutian Islands (Hawadax/Rat Islands) Earthquake Aug 17, 1906
- 7.9 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Jun 23, 2014
- 7.9 77 km WSW of Adak, Alaska Jun 10, 1996
- 7.8 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Nov 17, 2003
- 7.6 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Mar 30, 1965
- 7.4 265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska Feb 4, 1965
- 7.3 88 km WSW of Adak, Alaska Jul 7, 1929
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.