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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near College, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in College in the 24 hours to 10:55 pm AKST (07:55 UTC). The last one was M 5.6, 247 km (153 mi) WSW, at 3:07 am AKDT on 15 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 107 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near College
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 49 km (30 mi) west of College, AK, at 10:59 am AKST on 23 January 2022 (19:59 UTC), 17 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 34 km SE of Minto, Alaska
- When
- 10:59 am AKST on 23 January 2022 ()
- Where
- 49 km (30 mi) west of College, AK · earthquakes near College
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 17 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Fairbanks North Star Borough, 114 km ESE
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1756 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In College, 49 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 2019-04-11 — about 32,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.0 36 km E of Minto, Alaska · 29 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.3 6 km NW of Farmers Loop, Alaska · 48 km E of this epicentre
- 5.2 14 km E of Minto, Alaska · 27 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.0 14 km E of Minto, Alaska · 28 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 64.9321, -148.8232. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 114 km (71 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Fairbanks North Star 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.
- 1.6 28 km W of Ester, Alaska
- 1.5 34 km NW of Ester, Alaska
- 1.8 35 km NNW of Ester, Alaska
- 2.5 19 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.9 32 km W of Ester, Alaska
- 2.6 15 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.5 16 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.5 Central Alaska
- 1.6 10 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.6 20 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.9 16 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.9 30 km S of Minto, Alaska
- 1.5 32 km W of Ester, Alaska
- 2.3 17 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.9 16 km N of Four Mile Road, 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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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