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M 2.5ml

Earthquake near Kalifornsky, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Kalifornsky in the 24 hours to 5:42 am AKST (14:42 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 31 km (20 mi) SE, at 2:30 am AKST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 115 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Kalifornsky

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 12 km (7 mi) southeast of Kalifornsky, AK, at 5:41 am AKDT on 11 April 2018 (13:41 UTC), 59 km deep.

USGS: 8 km E of Kasilof, Alaska

5:41 am AKDT, Apr 11, 2018 · · 59 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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When
5:41 am AKDT on 11 April 2018 ()
Where
12 km (7 mi) southeast of Kalifornsky, AK · earthquakes near Kalifornsky
Magnitude
M 2.5 (ml)
Depth
59 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kenai Peninsula Borough, 66 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1187 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Kalifornsky, 12 km away, the estimate is intensity II (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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Cohoe, Soldotna, Ridgeway, Kenai, Funny River, Sterling.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2017-11-17 — about 710 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 6 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 43 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 31 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 29 km ESE of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 13 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 43 km SSE of this epicentre
  4. 5.2 17 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 32 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 14 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 46 km N 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 60.3515, -151.1260. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 66 km (41 mi) W earthquakes near Kenai Peninsula Borough
Anchorage Municipality, AK 136 km (84 mi) NE earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
  2. 1.6 6 km NE of Soldotna, Alaska
  3. 4.0 13 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska
  4. 1.6 7 km S of Soldotna, Alaska
  5. 1.7 25 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska
  6. 1.5 29 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska
  7. 1.5 29 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska
  8. 1.6 15 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  9. 1.5 20 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska
  10. 2.4 13 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska
  11. 1.9 20 km S of Funny River, Alaska
  12. 1.6 21 km NE of Fox River, Alaska
  13. 1.5 16 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska
  14. 2.8 10 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska
  15. 1.5 15 km E of Kasilof, 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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