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M 2.1ml

Earthquake near Kalifornsky, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Kalifornsky in the 24 hours to 8:38 am AKST (17:38 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 2.1 earthquake was recorded 46 km (29 mi) south-southeast of Kalifornsky, AK, at 4:24 pm AKDT on 23 May 2019 (00:24 UTC), 29 km deep.

USGS: 23 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska

4:24 pm AKDT, May 23, 2019 · · 29 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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When
4:24 pm AKDT on 23 May 2019 ()
Where
46 km (29 mi) south-southeast of Kalifornsky, AK · earthquakes near Kalifornsky
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
29 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kenai Peninsula Borough, 88 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2716 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Kalifornsky, 46 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 2019-01-09 — about 2,800 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.0 31 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 21 km NNE of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 6 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 30 km S of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 13 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 12 km SSW of this epicentre
  4. 5.6 7 km SE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 47 km SSW 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 60.0645, -150.8546. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 88 km (55 mi) WNW earthquakes near Kenai Peninsula Borough

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 6 km W of Fox River, Alaska
  2. 1.6 11 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska
  3. 1.6 31 km SE of Fox River, Alaska
  4. 2.4 17 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska
  5. 1.6 16 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska
  6. 1.6 18 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska
  7. 1.9 5 km W of Fox River, Alaska
  8. 1.8 21 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska
  9. 1.6 13 km W of Fox River, Alaska
  10. 2.1 10 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska
  11. 1.7 18 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska
  12. 1.6 14 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska
  13. 1.8 27 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska
  14. 1.5 24 km NW of Fox River, Alaska
  15. 1.5 19 km ESE 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.

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