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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Homer, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in Homer in the 24 hours to 12:38 pm AKST (21:38 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 71 km (44 mi) NNE, at 2:30 am AKST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 115 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Homer
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 26 km (16 mi) west of Homer, AK, at 4:58 am AKST on 3 March 2020 (13:58 UTC), 60 km deep.
USGS: Southern Alaska
- When
- 4:58 am AKST on 3 March 2020 ()
- Where
- 26 km (16 mi) west of Homer, AK · earthquakes near Homer
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 60 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kenai Peninsula Borough, 79 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2437 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Homer, 26 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Anchor Point, Diamond Ridge.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 4.6 on 2019-07-02 — about 22,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 25 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 24 km SW of this epicentre
- 6.2 16 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 37 km N of this epicentre
- 6.0 53 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 46 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.8 23 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 38 km N of this epicentre
- 5.6 7 km SE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 45 km E 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 59.6703, -152.0105. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 79 km (49 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Kenai Peninsula 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.
- 2.1 1 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska
- 1.6 36 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
- 1.5 25 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska
- 1.5 11 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska
- 1.9 14 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
- 1.7 30 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
- 2.7 17 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
- 1.9 39 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
- 1.9 1 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska
- 2.1 19 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska
- 1.7 37 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
- 1.6 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
- 1.8 43 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
- 1.6 8 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska
- 1.5 5 km ESE of Anchor Point, 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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