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M 2.9ml

33 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 33 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska, at 5:39 pm AKDT on 25 July 2019 (01:39 UTC), 56 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

· 56 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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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
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
56 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Chugach Census Area, 77 km SE
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2590 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. 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 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 5.3 on 2017-11-27 — about 4,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 9.2 The 1964 Prince William Sound, Alaska Earthquake · 5 km SW of this epicentre
  2. 6.7 Prince William Sound, Alaska · 32 km SSE of this epicentre
  3. 6.6 57 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 28 km WNW of this epicentre
  4. 6.6 37 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10 km N of this epicentre
  5. 6.4 46 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 13 km WNW 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 60.9440, -147.2775. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Chugach Census Area, AK 77 km (48 mi) SE earthquakes near Chugach Census Area
Anchorage Municipality, AK 111 km (69 mi) WNW earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 44 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska
  2. 1.5 38 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska
  3. 1.7 60 km S of Glacier View, Alaska
  4. 1.5 63 km S of Glacier View, Alaska
  5. 1.9 11 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska
  6. 2.3 31 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska
  7. 2.0 47 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska
  8. 1.9 48 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska
  9. 1.6 54 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska
  10. 1.7 40 km W of Valdez, Alaska
  11. 1.9 41 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska
  12. 1.6 29 km NW of Valdez, Alaska
  13. 3.4 67 km S of Glacier View, Alaska
  14. 2.0 29 km NW of Valdez, Alaska
  15. 2.3 47 km NW of Tatitlek, 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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