Earthquake near Susitna North, AK

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 50 km (31 mi) from the epicentre. In Susitna North, 25 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.

Likely felt in: Susitna North 25 km, intensity II · Fishhook 47 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 2.7 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 63,000× the energy of this one
2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800× the energy of this one
3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 3.5 about 2.7 tons of TNT
5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 5.6× more

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 4.3 on 2017-08-21 — about 16 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

1. 5.9 23 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 34 km SW of this epicentre Jan 1, 1975
2. 5.8 37 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 17 km NNE of this epicentre Jul 3, 1929
3. 5.8 14 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 36 km SSE of this epicentre Aug 14, 1984
4. 5.4 25 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 46 km WSW of this epicentre May 10, 1962
5. 5.1 21 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 26 km SW of this epicentre Dec 30, 1974

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 62.1592, -149.3602. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 1.5 48 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska 21:39 UTC
2. 1.9 15 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska 02:14 UTC
3. 2.3 35 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska 02:32 UTC
4. 2.3 28 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska 01:32 UTC
5. 1.6 25 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska 14:32 UTC
6. 1.8 44 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska 08:34 UTC
7. 2.1 53 km E of Chase, Alaska 11:58 UTC
8. 1.6 65 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska 18:29 UTC
9. 1.5 41 km E of Chase, Alaska 11:07 UTC
10. 1.6 27 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska 20:31 UTC
11. 1.5 30 km N of Fishhook, Alaska 00:29 UTC
12. 1.6 18 km N of Fishhook, Alaska 19:57 UTC
13. 2.3 21 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska 11:08 UTC
14. 1.5 41 km E of Chase, Alaska 01:00 UTC
15. 1.5 12 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska 08:42 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 04:15 UTC. 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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