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M 4.3ml

33 km N of Aleneva, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 4.3 earthquake was recorded 33 km N of Aleneva, Alaska, at 6:03 pm AKDT on 4 October 2017 (02:03 UTC), 51 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

· 51 km deep · released about 43 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 4.3 (ml)
Depth
51 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Tsunami
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Nearest
Kodiak Island Borough, 96 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1192 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 110 km (68 mi) from the epicentre. 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 43 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 4,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.3 about 43 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 89× 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. No other earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded this close in that time.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.8 17 km N of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 36 km SSE of this epicentre
  2. 6.2 27 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 41 km SE of this epicentre
  3. 6.2 37 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 20 km W of this epicentre
  4. 5.7 40 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 41 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.6 35 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 6 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 58.3615, -152.8678. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kodiak Island Borough, AK 96 km (59 mi) SW earthquakes near Kodiak Island Borough

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 14 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska
  2. 1.9 62 km N of Aleneva, Alaska
  3. 1.9 20 km N of Aleneva, Alaska
  4. 1.6 54 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska
  5. 1.6 80 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska
  6. 1.5 77 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
  7. 1.8 31 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska
  8. 1.7 18 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska
  9. 1.9 24 km W of Aleneva, Alaska
  10. 3.2 9 km N of Aleneva, Alaska
  11. 1.5 82 km N of Aleneva, Alaska
  12. 1.5 66 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska
  13. 1.6 52 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska
  14. 1.8 36 km N of Aleneva, Alaska
  15. 1.5 78 km SW of Nanwalek, 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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