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M 3.5ml

Earthquake near Kalifornsky, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Kalifornsky in the 24 hours to 12:29 am AKST (09:29 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 31 km (20 mi) SE, at 2:30 am AKST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 115 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Kalifornsky

This page: a magnitude 3.5 earthquake was recorded 41 km (26 mi) south-southeast of Kalifornsky, AK, at 1:06 pm AKST on 22 November 2016 (22:06 UTC), 60 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 23 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska

1:06 pm AKST, Nov 22, 2016 · · 60 km deep · released about 2.7 tons of TNT

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When
1:06 pm AKST on 22 November 2016 ()
Where
41 km (26 mi) south-southeast of Kalifornsky, AK · earthquakes near Kalifornsky
Magnitude
M 3.5 (ml)
Depth
60 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kenai Peninsula Borough, 76 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1199 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Kalifornsky, 41 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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 2.7 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.5 about 2.7 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 5.6× more

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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.0 31 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 29 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 6 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 30 km SSE of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 13 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 11 km SSE of this epicentre
  4. 5.6 7 km SE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 43 km S of this epicentre
  5. 5.5 13 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 47 km W 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 60.0618, -151.0811. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 76 km (48 mi) WNW earthquakes near Kenai Peninsula Borough

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.1 11 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  2. 1.7 14 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska
  3. 1.7 19 km E of Kasilof, Alaska
  4. 1.6 10 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  5. 1.8 10 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska
  6. 1.5 29 km N of Fox River, Alaska
  7. 1.8 14 km SE of Funny River, Alaska
  8. 1.5 12 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska
  9. 1.6 17 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  10. 2.0 17 km SE of Fox River, Alaska
  11. 2.0 10 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska
  12. 2.0 11 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska
  13. 1.8 23 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska
  14. 1.9 10 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska
  15. 1.7 22 km ESE of Kasilof, 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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