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M 4.2mw

Earthquake near Susitna North, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Susitna North in the 24 hours to 1:42 am AKST (10:42 UTC). The last one was M 3.6, 19 km (12 mi) E, at 9:16 am AKDT on 27 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 17 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Susitna North

This page: a magnitude 4.2 earthquake was recorded 27 km (17 mi) east-northeast of Susitna North, AK, at 7:29 pm AKDT on 25 April 2017 (03:29 UTC), 42 km deep. 33 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 27 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska

7:29 pm AKDT, Apr 25, 2017 · · 42 km deep · released about 30 tons of TNT

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When
7:29 pm AKDT on 25 April 2017 ()
Where
27 km (17 mi) east-northeast of Susitna North, AK · earthquakes near Susitna North
Magnitude
M 4.2 (mw)
Depth
42 km below the surface
Felt
33 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
Tsunami
USGS flagged this event for tsunami evaluation. Follow tsunami.gov for official messages.
Nearest
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 9 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1194 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 104 km (65 mi) from the epicentre. In Susitna North, 27 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.

Likely felt in: Susitna North 27 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km (31 mi) since our catalogue begins in 2016. The previous largest was M 4.1 on 2016-08-02.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.9 23 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 41 km SSW of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 37 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 11 km NE of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 14 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 43 km SSE of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 21 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 33 km SSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 25 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 4 km NW 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 62.2270, -149.3451. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 9 km (6 mi) WNW earthquakes near Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Anchorage Municipality, AK 117 km (73 mi) S earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality

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. 3.2 29 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
  2. 2.2 29 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska
  3. 1.9 55 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska
  4. 1.7 33 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska
  5. 1.5 16 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
  6. 1.8 19 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska
  7. 2.2 17 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
  8. 1.5 13 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
  9. 1.7 10 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska
  10. 1.5 24 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska
  11. 2.6 15 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
  12. 2.5 22 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska
  13. 1.7 15 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
  14. 1.7 16 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
  15. 2.0 36 km ENE of Susitna North, 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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