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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1ml

131 km SE of Perryville, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 131 km SE of Perryville, Alaska at 11:06 UTC on 2021-08-30, 13 km deep.

· 13 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1882 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 11 km (7 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 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 8.2 on 2021-07-29 — about 1,400,000,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 13 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 8.2 1938 Semidi Islands, Alaska Earthquake · 36 km WNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.9 105 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 35 km N of this epicentre
  3. 6.7 121 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 50 km NE of this epicentre
  4. 6.2 143 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 23 km SSW of this epicentre
  5. 6.0 98 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 39 km NNW of this epicentre

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 55.0979, -157.6380. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.9 117 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
  2. 3.2 113 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
  3. 2.6 131 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
  4. 2.5 136 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
  5. 5.3 110 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
  6. 2.9 176 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
  7. 2.0 142 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
  8. 4.4 128 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
  9. 2.6 116 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
  10. 3.0 159 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
  11. 3.1 141 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
  12. 2.5 140 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
  13. 3.2 131 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
  14. 3.9 145 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska
  15. 2.7 154 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska

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

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