Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded in the Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, at 9:14 am AKST on 19 February 2019 (18:14 UTC), 14 km deep.

2019-02-19 18:14 UTC · 14 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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When: 2019-02-19 18:14 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.0 (ml)
Depth: 14 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2809 days ago · we first saw it 2809 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 7 km (4 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 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 4.8 on 2016-09-18 — about 16,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 33 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

6.6 92 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 33 km NE of this epicentre Feb 19, 2003
6.5 59 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 50 km N of this epicentre Apr 2, 1922
6.5 83 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 35 km NE of this epicentre Oct 30, 1946
6.5 81 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 44 km NE of this epicentre Feb 6, 1974
6.4 50 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 40 km NNW of this epicentre Mar 17, 1957

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

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Aftershocks so far

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

2.0 53 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 12:55 UTC
1.6 48 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska 19:51 UTC
2.5 101 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 20:13 UTC
2.0 51 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 16:14 UTC
3.0 81 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 03:58 UTC
2.6 84 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska 11:17 UTC
1.9 70 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 12:50 UTC
1.8 51 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 00:24 UTC
2.6 95 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 07:22 UTC
2.2 69 km S of Akutan, Alaska 01:10 UTC
2.0 130 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 07:22 UTC
2.3 92 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska 18:16 UTC
1.6 74 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska 08:53 UTC
2.0 77 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 05:22 UTC
2.1 120 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska 10:58 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 21:56 UTC. 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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ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

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