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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Homer, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in Homer in the 24 hours to 12:15 am AKST (09:15 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 71 km (44 mi) NNE, at 2:30 am AKST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 115 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Homer
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 44 km (28 mi) south-southwest of Homer, AK, at 5:48 pm AKDT on 30 July 2016 (01:48 UTC), 58 km deep.
USGS: 7 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska
- When
- 5:48 pm AKDT on 30 July 2016 ()
- Where
- 44 km (28 mi) south-southwest of Homer, AK · earthquakes near Homer
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 58 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kenai Peninsula Borough, 121 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1199 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Homer, 44 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.9 on 2016-04-29 — about 130,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 11 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 25 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 30 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.7 30 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 34 km E of this epicentre
- 5.5 6 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 10 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.4 22 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 26 km E of this epicentre
- 5.4 41 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 43 km WNW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 59.2936, -151.9309. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 121 km (75 mi) | N | earthquakes near Kenai Peninsula Borough |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 43 km S of Port Graham, Alaska
- 1.6 14 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska
- 1.8 28 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska
- 2.1 7 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
- 1.9 35 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
- 1.9 25 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
- 1.6 17 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
- 1.6 2 km E of Port Graham, Alaska
- 1.7 31 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
- 1.6 27 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
- 1.8 29 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
- 1.5 17 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
- 2.0 36 km S of Port Graham, Alaska
- 2.1 6 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska
- 1.8 22 km S of Port Graham, Alaska
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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