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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Homer, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in Homer in the 24 hours to 7:42 am AKST (16:42 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 71 km (44 mi) NNE, at 2:30 am AKST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 115 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Homer
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 47 km (29 mi) northeast of Homer, AK, at 5:25 pm AKST on 26 November 2021 (02:25 UTC), 12 km deep.
USGS: 6 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska
- When
- 5:25 pm AKST on 26 November 2021 ()
- Where
- 47 km (29 mi) northeast of Homer, AK · earthquakes near Homer
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kenai Peninsula Borough, 98 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1776 days ago
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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 2 km (1 mi) from the epicentre. In Homer, 47 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Fritz Creek.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 4.4 on 2019-01-09 — about 11,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.0 31 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 40 km NNE of this epicentre
- 6.0 6 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 10 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.9 13 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 12 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.6 7 km SE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 30 km SW 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 59.8804, -150.8541. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 98 km (61 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Kenai Peninsula Borough |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 20 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska
- 1.6 13 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
- 1.5 11 km NW of Fox River, Alaska
- 1.6 7 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
- 1.9 16 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska
- 3.0 22 km N of Fox River, Alaska
- 1.6 4 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska
- 1.6 31 km SE of Fox River, Alaska
- 1.7 9 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska
- 1.8 30 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska
- 1.7 30 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska
- 1.5 33 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska
- 2.0 23 km S of Funny River, Alaska
- 1.9 16 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska
- 1.7 11 km SW of Halibut Cove, 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.
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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