Earthquake near Nome, AK

USGS: northern Alaska

12:03 pm AKST, Mar 4, 2022 · 2022-03-04 21:03 UTC · 11 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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When: 12:03 pm AKST on 4 March 2022 (2022-03-04 21:03 UTC)
Where: 5 km (3 mi) ESE of Nome, AK · earthquakes near Nome
Magnitude: M 1.6 (ml)
Depth: 11 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Nome Census Area, 63 km ENE
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1644 days ago · we first saw it 1644 days ago

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) ESE of Nome, AK, at 12:03 pm AKST on 4 March 2022 (21:03 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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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Epicentre 64.4858, -165.3051. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Nome Census Area, AK	63 km (39 mi)	ENE	earthquakes near Nome Census Area

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

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

2.1 13 km ESE of Nome, Alaska 03:23 UTC
2.6 8 km ENE of Nome, Alaska 20:38 UTC
3.4 13 km ENE of Nome, Alaska 03:34 UTC
2.2 38 km NNE of Nome, Alaska 10:02 UTC
1.8 20 km WNW of Solomon, Alaska 21:04 UTC
1.7 30 km NW of Solomon, Alaska 21:04 UTC
1.9 31 km SSW of Solomon, Alaska 23:02 UTC
1.7 36 km N of Nome, Alaska 04:39 UTC
1.5 18 km ESE of Nome, Alaska 13:46 UTC
1.7 22 km W of Solomon, Alaska 08:57 UTC
2.1 29 km SE of Nome, Alaska 14:40 UTC
1.8 5 km SSW of Nome, Alaska 03:00 UTC
1.7 32 km NNW of Solomon, Alaska 01:56 UTC
2.0 4 km WSW of Nome, Alaska 17:59 UTC
2.5 39 km SE of Nome, Alaska 20:18 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 02:05 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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