183 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 183 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska at 19:23 UTC on 2021-08-13, 13 km deep.

2021-08-13 19:23 UTC · 13 km deep · released about 85 lb 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: 2021-08-13 19:23 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.3 (ml)
Depth: 13 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1841 days ago · we first saw it 1841 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 15 km (9 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 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 4.8 on 2021-07-29 — about 5,600 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 11 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

7.0 164 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 43 km WSW of this epicentre Sep 4, 1989
6.9 143 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 43 km NW of this epicentre Feb 13, 1951
6.9 171 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 24 km N of this epicentre Feb 6, 1964
6.2 148 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 47 km ENE of this epicentre Nov 10, 1944
6.1 210 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 38 km SSE of this epicentre Nov 15, 1955

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

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

2.7 223 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 12:18 UTC
2.2 167 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 23:39 UTC
3.4 183 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 09:54 UTC
2.8 178 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 04:51 UTC
2.9 186 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 22:38 UTC
3.6 160 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 07:38 UTC
2.7 167 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 03:18 UTC
2.6 149 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 16:18 UTC
2.8 155 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 18:20 UTC
3.8 184 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 18:04 UTC
2.3 147 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 22:41 UTC
2.4 south of Alaska 09:40 UTC
2.1 149 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 04:40 UTC
4.1 south of Alaska 22:20 UTC
2.0 165 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 14:47 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 08:48 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

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