30 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska

2021-07-08 20:40 UTC · 7.3 km deep · released about 60 tons of TNT

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: 2021-07-08 20:40 UTC
Magnitude: M 4.4 (ml)
Depth: 7.3 km below the surface
Felt: 70 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking: intensity V (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert: green
Nearest: Haines Borough, 39 km E
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1818 days ago · we first saw it 1818 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 70 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 60 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 2,800× the energy of this one
Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 4.4 about 60 tons of TNT
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 130× 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.

Where

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Epicentre 59.1649, -136.2486. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Haines Borough, AK	39 km (24 mi)	W of here	earthquakes near Haines Borough
Skagway Municipality, AK	68 km (42 mi)	SW of here	earthquakes near Skagway Municipality
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK	87 km (54 mi)	NNW of here	earthquakes near Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
Juneau City and Borough, AK	148 km (92 mi)	NW of here	earthquakes near Juneau City and Borough

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1.5 27 km SW of Covenant Life, Alaska 00:16 UTC
1.6 31 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska 11:24 UTC
1.6 13 km S of Covenant Life, Alaska 06:08 UTC
2.2 43 km SW of Mud Bay, Alaska 08:33 UTC
1.6 34 km WSW of Covenant Life, Alaska 03:58 UTC
1.7 27 km WSW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska 10:55 UTC
1.7 57 km NNW of Gustavus, Alaska 22:05 UTC
1.7 18 km WSW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska 19:42 UTC
2.1 49 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska 13:55 UTC
1.5 61 km NW of Gustavus, Alaska 06:27 UTC
1.6 28 km WSW of Covenant Life, Alaska 16:20 UTC
1.5 50 km SW of Covenant Life, Alaska 10:35 UTC
1.8 50 km SW of Covenant Life, Alaska 05:49 UTC
1.8 54 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska 12:50 UTC
1.5 63 km SW of Covenant Life, Alaska 18:35 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 20:12 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.0 on 2017-08-18.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

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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