152 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 3.3 earthquake was recorded 152 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska at 14:50 UTC on 2021-08-09, 38 km deep.

2021-08-09 14:50 UTC · 38 km deep · released about 1.3 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: 2021-08-09 14:50 UTC
Magnitude: M 3.3 (ml)
Depth: 38 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1847 days ago · we first saw it 1847 days ago

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 36 km (22 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 1.3 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 130,000× the energy of this one
Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 5,600× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 4,000× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 3.3 about 1.3 tons of TNT
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.8× 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 5.9 on 2021-07-29 — about 7,900 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 19 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

7.0 164 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 49 km ENE of this epicentre Sep 4, 1989
6.9 105 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 49 km NW of this epicentre Nov 17, 1938
6.7 121 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 36 km N of this epicentre Feb 13, 1979
6.2 143 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 47 km WSW of this epicentre Mar 25, 1927
6.2 189 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 42 km ESE of this epicentre Mar 18, 1945

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

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Aftershocks so far

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

2.6 158 km SE of Perryville, Alaska 22:55 UTC
4.2 128 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska 16:24 UTC
3.3 144 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska 12:19 UTC
2.0 138 km SE of Perryville, Alaska 11:12 UTC
2.3 177 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 08:58 UTC
3.0 154 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 17:41 UTC
2.4 162 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 12:56 UTC
3.0 161 km SE of Perryville, Alaska 12:18 UTC
2.5 165 km SE of Perryville, Alaska 11:58 UTC
3.0 143 km SE of Perryville, Alaska 11:21 UTC
2.5 124 km SE of Perryville, Alaska 09:08 UTC
2.1 138 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska 23:45 UTC
2.6 143 km SE of Perryville, Alaska 23:35 UTC
3.9 131 km SE of Perryville, Alaska 18:44 UTC
3.1 133 km SE of Perryville, Alaska 18:38 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 05:59 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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