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M 2.9ml

52 km W of Cantwell, Alaska

· 8.8 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
8.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Denali Borough, 33 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1151 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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.

Where

Epicentre 63.3858, -150.0103. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Denali Borough, AK 33 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Denali 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. 1.8 34 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska
  2. 2.6 74 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska
  3. 1.9 62 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska
  4. 2.0 70 km N of Petersville, Alaska
  5. 1.7 59 km NNE of Chase, Alaska
  6. 1.8 67 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska
  7. 1.6 74 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska
  8. 2.0 74 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska
  9. 1.8 63 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska
  10. 1.5 66 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska
  11. 1.7 71 km N of Petersville, Alaska
  12. 2.9 71 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska
  13. 1.9 40 km W of Cantwell, Alaska
  14. 1.6 58 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska
  15. 1.7 65 km ESE of Denali National Park, 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.

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