154 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 154 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska at 02:09 UTC on 2021-08-20, 48 km deep.

2021-08-20 02:09 UTC · 48 km deep · released about 30 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: 2021-08-20 02:09 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.0 (ml)
Depth: 48 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1899 days ago · we first saw it 1899 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. 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 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 4.5 on 2021-07-29 — about 5,600 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

7.0 113 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 41 km WNW of this epicentre May 4, 1923
7.0 164 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 38 km SSW of this epicentre Sep 4, 1989
6.9 143 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 18 km NNW of this epicentre Feb 13, 1951
6.9 171 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 25 km ENE of this epicentre Feb 6, 1964
6.6 128 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 32 km W of this epicentre Jul 28, 1934

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

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

2.0 144 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 04:10 UTC
2.0 156 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 13:08 UTC
2.7 140 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 09:30 UTC
2.6 150 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 09:20 UTC
3.0 162 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 21:39 UTC
3.0 154 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 17:23 UTC
2.4 186 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 19:48 UTC
2.5 164 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 19:37 UTC
2.2 167 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 23:39 UTC
2.0 124 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 10:16 UTC
2.9 186 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 22:38 UTC
2.7 167 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 03:18 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

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 17:16 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
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ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

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