117 km E of Chignik, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 117 km E of Chignik, Alaska at 05:20 UTC on 2021-11-23, 65 km deep.

2021-11-23 05:20 UTC · 65 km deep · released about 950 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: 2021-11-23 05:20 UTC
Magnitude: M 3.0 (ml)
Depth: 65 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1748 days ago · we first saw it 1748 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 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 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 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 6.9 on 2021-10-11 — about 710,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 15 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

7.0 113 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 42 km SSW of this epicentre May 4, 1923
6.9 143 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 46 km SSE of this epicentre Feb 13, 1951
6.8 117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 45 km N of this epicentre May 29, 2015
6.4 77 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 42 km W of this epicentre Mar 24, 1972
6.3 112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 6 km W of this epicentre Feb 25, 1953

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.

2.3 118 km E of Chignik, Alaska 12:44 UTC
1.8 110 km E of Chignik, Alaska 14:41 UTC
2.2 123 km E of Chignik, Alaska 21:39 UTC
2.8 118 km E of Chignik, Alaska 13:59 UTC
2.2 100 km E of Chignik, Alaska 21:11 UTC
2.3 Alaska Peninsula 17:06 UTC
2.2 95 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska 21:11 UTC
2.0 124 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 10:16 UTC
2.1 114 km E of Chignik, Alaska 01:22 UTC
2.4 106 km E of Chignik, Alaska 04:54 UTC
3.2 113 km E of Chignik, Alaska 04:04 UTC
2.6 112 km E of Chignik, Alaska 02:19 UTC
2.1 128 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska 14:28 UTC
2.6 Alaska Peninsula 05:13 UTC
2.0 124 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska 07:18 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 04:49 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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