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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Cordova, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in Cordova in the 24 hours to 2:12 pm AKST (23:12 UTC). The last one was M 3.1, 39 km (24 mi) SSW, at 7:37 pm AKDT on 28 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Cordova
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 44 km (28 mi) west of Cordova, AK, at 12:25 am AKDT on 10 October 2019 (08:25 UTC), 11 km deep.
USGS: 35 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska
- When
- 12:25 am AKDT on 10 October 2019 ()
- Where
- 44 km (28 mi) west of Cordova, AK · earthquakes near Cordova
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Chugach Census Area, 21 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2583 days ago
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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 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Cordova, 44 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.
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 4.0 on 2017-05-26 — about 1,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 21 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.0 52 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 44 km WSW of this epicentre
- 6.7 Prince William Sound, Alaska · 30 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.4 Prince William Sound, Alaska · 39 km WSW of this epicentre
- 6.3 60 km SW of Cordova, Alaska · 36 km S of this epicentre
- 6.3 56 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska · 24 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 60.5516, -146.5701. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chugach Census Area, AK | 21 km (13 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Chugach Census Area |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 38 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 1.7 49 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska
- 1.8 53 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 1.5 24 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 2.0 9 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 1.6 20 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 1.9 18 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 2.0 11 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 1.5 9 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 1.5 8 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 1.6 17 km E of Tatitlek, AK
- 1.9 12 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 2.0 11 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 1.6 12 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 1.5 17 km SW 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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