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M 3.2ml

Earthquake near Cohoe, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Cohoe in the 24 hours to 4:45 am AKST (13:45 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 28 km (17 mi) SE, at 2:30 am AKST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 115 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Cohoe

This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) west of Cohoe, AK, at 9:58 am AKDT on 28 May 2022 (17:58 UTC), 56 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 6 km W of Cohoe, Alaska

9:58 am AKDT, May 28, 2022 · · 56 km deep · released about 1,900 lb of TNT

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When
9:58 am AKDT on 28 May 2022 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) west of Cohoe, AK · earthquakes near Cohoe
Magnitude
M 3.2 (ml)
Depth
56 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kenai Peninsula Borough, 50 km W
Nearest mapped fault
Middle Ground Shoal anticline (Cook Inlet folds), 18 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1560 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. In Cohoe, 6 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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: Kalifornsky, Kenai, Soldotna, Ridgeway.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,900 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2× more

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 5.3 on 2017-05-07 — about 1,400 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 6 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 39 km N of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 31 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 44 km ESE of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 13 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 49 km SSE of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 13 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 47 km SW of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 44 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 48 km W 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 60.3612, -151.4157. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 50 km (31 mi) W earthquakes near Kenai Peninsula Borough
Anchorage Municipality, AK 147 km (91 mi) NE earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 15 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
  2. 1.5 4 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska
  3. 1.7 12 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska
  4. 2.1 20 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  5. 1.8 28 km W of Salamatof, Alaska
  6. 1.5 13 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska
  7. 2.2 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
  8. 1.6 18 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
  9. 2.3 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
  10. 1.6 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
  11. 1.8 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
  12. 1.7 32 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska
  13. 2.2 22 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska
  14. 1.5 8 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  15. 1.6 3 km NNE of Ninilchik, 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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