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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Haines, AK

USGS: 8 km ENE of Klukwan, Alaska

8:22 pm AKDT, Aug 15, 2018 · · 5.2 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Skagway Municipality 27 kmHaines Borough 39 kmHoonah-Angoon Census Area 116 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
8:22 pm AKDT on 15 August 2018 ()
Where
29 km (18 mi) NW of Haines, AK · earthquakes near Haines
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
5.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Skagway Municipality, 27 km ENE
Nearest mapped fault
Denali fault, 9 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1143 days ago

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 29 km (18 mi) NW of Haines, AK, at 8:22 pm AKDT on 15 August 2018 (04:22 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Skagway.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.5 27 km WSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 43 km WSW 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 59.4416, -135.7527. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Skagway Municipality, AK 27 km (17 mi) ENE earthquakes near Skagway Municipality
Haines Borough, AK 39 km (25 mi) SSE earthquakes near Haines Borough
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK 116 km (72 mi) S earthquakes near Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
Juneau City and Borough, AK 149 km (93 mi) SE earthquakes near Juneau City and Borough

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. 1.7 10 km SSW of Lutak, Alaska
  2. 1.8 21 km N of Mosquito Lake, Alaska
  3. 1.9 19 km N of Mosquito Lake, Alaska
  4. 1.7 10 km NNE of Mosquito Lake, Alaska
  5. 2.0 38 km WSW of Haines, Alaska
  6. 1.5 37 km WSW of Haines, Alaska
  7. 2.0 35 km WSW of Mud Bay, Alaska
  8. 1.5 35 km WSW of Haines, Alaska
  9. 1.6 12 km NE of Mosquito Lake, Alaska
  10. 2.0 30 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
  11. 1.5 39 km SSW of Klukwan, Alaska
  12. 1.5 12 km NE of Mosquito Lake, Alaska
  13. 1.5 13 km NNE of Mosquito Lake, Alaska
  14. 1.7 29 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska
  15. 2.2 9 km W of Haines, 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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