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M 4.4mb

Earthquake near Kalifornsky, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Kalifornsky in the 24 hours to 3:41 pm AKST (00:41 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 31 km (20 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 Kalifornsky

This page: a magnitude 4.4 earthquake was recorded 42 km (26 mi) west of Kalifornsky, AK, at 8:00 am AKDT on 10 October 2022 (16:00 UTC), 84 km deep. 8 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 41 km W of Cohoe, Alaska

8:00 am AKDT, Oct 10, 2022 · · 84 km deep · released about 60 tons of TNT

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When
8:00 am AKDT on 10 October 2022 ()
Where
42 km (26 mi) west of Kalifornsky, AK · earthquakes near Kalifornsky
Magnitude
M 4.4 (mb)
Depth
84 km below the surface
Felt
8 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Kenai Peninsula Borough, 17 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1427 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 100 km (62 mi) from the epicentre. In Kalifornsky, 42 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.

Likely felt in: Kalifornsky 42 km, intensity II · Kenai 45 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 60 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 2,800× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.4 about 60 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 130× 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 22 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 6 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 47 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 6.2 16 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 49 km S of this epicentre
  3. 6.1 73 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 43 km W of this epicentre
  4. 5.8 23 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 48 km S of this epicentre
  5. 5.6 63 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 43 km WSW 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 60.4369, -152.0469. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 17 km (11 mi) WSW earthquakes near Kenai Peninsula Borough

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 29 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
  2. 1.8 46 km W of Salamatof, Alaska
  3. 1.5 71 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska
  4. 1.5 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
  5. 1.8 42 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska
  6. 1.8 19 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska
  7. 2.0 42 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
  8. 1.8 Southern Alaska
  9. 1.9 50 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska
  10. 2.0 8 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
  11. 1.8 56 km W of Salamatof, Alaska
  12. 1.6 19 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska
  13. 1.6 67 km W of Salamatof, Alaska
  14. 1.7 29 km W of Salamatof, Alaska
  15. 1.7 6 km WSW 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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