73 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska

This was a strong earthquake. Damage is likely near the epicentre and it is felt over a wide area.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 363 km (226 mi) from the epicentre. 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 21 kilotons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 7.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

1. Ridgecrest, California 2019 M 7.1 32× the energy of this one
2. Loma Prieta, California 1989 M 6.9 16× the energy of this one
3. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 7.9× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 6.1 about 21 kilotons of TNT
5. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 this one released 2.8× more
6. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 this one released 4× 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 (31 mi) since our catalogue begins in 2016. The previous largest was M 4.5 on 2019-10-27.

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

1. 5.3 40 km WNW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 49 km E of this epicentre Jul 6, 1967
2. 5.3 55 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 20 km SSE of this epicentre Jul 17, 1979
3. 5.0 70 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 42 km NW of this epicentre Feb 5, 1974
4. 5.0 59 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 21 km SE of this epicentre Feb 27, 1982

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 62.4492, -148.2512. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

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 74 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska 11:07 UTC
2. 1.6 68 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska 11:05 UTC
3. 1.6 75 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska 10:55 UTC
4. 2.3 72 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska 10:48 UTC
5. 1.9 76 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska 10:47 UTC
6. 2.2 74 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska 10:25 UTC
7. 1.6 75 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska 10:21 UTC
8. 1.6 68 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska 09:59 UTC
9. 1.7 74 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska 09:50 UTC
10. 1.5 75 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska 09:48 UTC
11. 1.8 74 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska 09:40 UTC
12. 1.6 75 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska 09:38 UTC
13. 2.1 68 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska 09:36 UTC
14. 1.7 76 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska 09:34 UTC
15. 2.1 74 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska 09:33 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 05:29 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

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.