53 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska

This was a moderate earthquake. Shaking at this size can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 231 km (144 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 1.3 kilotons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 6.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 130× the energy of this one
2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 5.6× the energy of this one
3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 4× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 5.3 about 1.3 kilotons of TNT
5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2,800× 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 4.3 on 2017-07-11.

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

1. 9.2 The 1964 Prince William Sound, Alaska Earthquake · 40 km N of this epicentre Mar 28, 1964
2. 7.0 52 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 22 km SSE of this epicentre Jun 21, 1928
3. 6.7 Prince William Sound, Alaska · 25 km ENE of this epicentre Jan 31, 1912
4. 6.4 Prince William Sound, Alaska · 15 km SE of this epicentre Feb 15, 1916
5. 6.4 46 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 47 km N of this epicentre Sep 7, 1983

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 60.5552, -147.4303. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

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 51 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska 22:28 UTC
2. 2.2 47 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska 20:48 UTC
3. 1.5 47 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska 01:58 UTC
4. 1.6 32 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska 00:38 UTC
5. 1.5 36 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska 00:45 UTC
6. 1.5 54 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska 05:11 UTC
7. 2.0 55 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska 06:57 UTC
8. 2.2 46 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska 13:13 UTC
9. 1.6 48 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska 02:04 UTC
10. 1.6 35 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska 16:15 UTC
11. 1.5 33 km NE of Chenega, Alaska 15:10 UTC
12. 1.8 50 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska 16:30 UTC
13. 2.2 55 km NE of Chenega, Alaska 11:13 UTC
14. 1.6 50 km NE of Chenega, Alaska 08:36 UTC
15. 1.9 52 km NE of Chenega, Alaska 07:33 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 06:55 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

• The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
• Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
• ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

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