186 km W of Adak, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 186 km W of Adak, Alaska at 11:59 UTC on 2022-05-15, 72 km deep.

2022-05-15 11:59 UTC · 72 km deep · released about 5.4 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: 2022-05-15 11:59 UTC
Magnitude: M 1.5 (ml)
Depth: 72 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1584 days ago · we first saw it 1584 days ago

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. 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 5.1 on 2022-01-13 — about 250,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 108 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

7.2 162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 39 km SE of this epicentre Mar 16, 1957
7.2 207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 34 km SSW of this epicentre Dec 19, 2007
6.9 203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 33 km SSW of this epicentre Mar 31, 1913
6.8 177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 41 km SSE of this epicentre Oct 7, 1989
6.7 205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 21 km WSW of this epicentre Oct 13, 1926

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.

2.0 199 km W of Adak, Alaska 00:26 UTC
2.5 207 km W of Adak, Alaska 09:16 UTC
1.7 222 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 17:07 UTC
1.9 198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 10:57 UTC
1.7 194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 17:11 UTC
2.5 209 km W of Adak, Alaska 00:43 UTC
2.0 193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 18:49 UTC
2.0 183 km W of Adak, Alaska 17:51 UTC
1.6 153 km W of Adak, Alaska 13:40 UTC
1.6 196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 02:06 UTC
2.7 193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 21:51 UTC
2.0 178 km W of Adak, Alaska 17:59 UTC
1.8 174 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 07:24 UTC
2.5 166 km W of Adak, Alaska 20:33 UTC
2.5 192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 04:49 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 15:06 UTC. 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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