116 km E of Chignik, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 116 km E of Chignik, Alaska at 11:29 UTC on 2022-01-07, 74 km deep.

2022-01-07 11:29 UTC · 74 km deep · released about 240 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: 2022-01-07 11:29 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.6 (ml)
Depth: 74 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1706 days ago · we first saw it 1706 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. 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 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 6.9 on 2021-10-11 — about 2,800,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

6.8 117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 28 km NNE of this epicentre May 29, 2015
6.4 77 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 47 km WSW of this epicentre Mar 24, 1972
6.4 104 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 35 km NNW of this epicentre May 20, 1979
6.3 112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 19 km SSW of this epicentre Feb 25, 1953
6.1 132 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 23 km SE of this epicentre Sep 13, 1911

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

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

2.3 108 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 15:47 UTC
2.7 108 km E of Chignik, Alaska 11:16 UTC
2.0 106 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska 10:32 UTC
2.4 93 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 17:53 UTC
3.9 106 km E of Chignik, Alaska 14:17 UTC
2.6 117 km E of Chignik, Alaska 12:51 UTC
2.9 118 km E of Chignik, Alaska 14:35 UTC
2.0 117 km E of Chignik, Alaska 05:31 UTC
2.4 118 km E of Chignik, Alaska 03:52 UTC
2.8 117 km E of Chignik, Alaska 03:49 UTC
5.4 119 km E of Chignik, Alaska 03:33 UTC
2.0 100 km E of Chignik, Alaska 19:10 UTC
2.0 117 km E of Chignik, Alaska 10:06 UTC
2.3 124 km E of Chignik, Alaska 06:48 UTC
2.0 Alaska Peninsula 14:47 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 20:27 UTC. 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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