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M 4.2mw

33 km SW of Alatna, Alaska

· 11 km deep · released about 30 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 4.2 (mw)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Measured shaking
intensity V (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, 137 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1158 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 5,600× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.2 about 30 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 63× 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.

Where

Epicentre 66.3805, -153.3132. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK 137 km (85 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 35 km NW of Alatna, Alaska
  2. 1.9 26 km E of Hughes, Alaska
  3. 2.3 25 km E of Hughes, Alaska
  4. 3.0 45 km WSW of Alatna, Alaska
  5. 1.6 43 km NE of Hughes, Alaska
  6. 1.6 39 km SSW of New Allakaket, Alaska
  7. 1.8 33 km SW of Alatna, Alaska
  8. 1.6 25 km E of Hughes, Alaska
  9. 2.2 33 km SSW of New Allakaket, Alaska
  10. 1.7 26 km E of Hughes, Alaska
  11. 1.7 27 km SSW of Alatna, Alaska
  12. 2.6 27 km E of Hughes, Alaska
  13. 1.8 22 km SSW of New Allakaket, Alaska
  14. 2.0 39 km SW of Alatna, Alaska
  15. 1.9 37 km SW of Alatna, 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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