182 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska

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 20 km (12 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 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 4,000 times the energy of this one.

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

1. 7.0 164 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 39 km WSW of this epicentre Sep 4, 1989
2. 6.9 143 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 43 km NW of this epicentre Feb 13, 1951
3. 6.9 171 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 26 km N of this epicentre Feb 6, 1964
4. 6.1 210 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 36 km SSE of this epicentre Nov 15, 1955
5. 6.0 223 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 48 km SSE of this epicentre Nov 7, 1928

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 55.4859, -155.8743. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 2.4 154 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 02:11 UTC
2. 3.6 176 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 17:04 UTC
3. 3.0 158 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 00:51 UTC
4. 2.8 south of Alaska 08:08 UTC
5. 2.1 217 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 18:04 UTC
6. 3.0 193 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 20:06 UTC
7. 3.1 south of Alaska 19:51 UTC
8. 2.3 173 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 01:34 UTC
9. 2.5 157 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 11:02 UTC
10. 2.1 172 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 00:00 UTC
11. 4.8 153 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 02:00 UTC
12. 3.2 174 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 12:05 UTC
13. 2.0 158 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 18:52 UTC
14. 1.9 166 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 22:41 UTC
15. 2.2 174 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 02:13 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 11:43 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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