169 km W of Adak, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 169 km W of Adak, Alaska at 13:24 UTC on 2022-12-12, 5.0 km deep.

2022-12-12 13:24 UTC · 5.0 km deep · released about 30 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: 2022-12-12 13:24 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.0 (ml)
Depth: 5.0 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1417 days ago · we first saw it 1417 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. 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 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 6.2 on 2017-05-08 — about 2,000,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 29 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

6.7 205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 48 km SW of this epicentre Oct 13, 1926
6.6 193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 44 km SSW of this epicentre Apr 17, 1954
6.6 174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 5 km WNW of this epicentre Apr 16, 2008
6.5 167 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 41 km SSE of this epicentre Jan 27, 1943
6.4 187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 18 km W of this epicentre Apr 15, 2008

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

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

2.6 163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 20:04 UTC
2.1 181 km W of Adak, Alaska 17:40 UTC
2.2 152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 01:49 UTC
3.9 185 km WNW of Adak, Alaska 03:32 UTC
3.5 208 km W of Adak, Alaska 00:44 UTC
1.8 161 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 17:06 UTC
3.2 151 km W of Adak, Alaska 10:45 UTC
2.8 206 km W of Adak, Alaska 19:31 UTC
1.9 197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 09:09 UTC
1.8 170 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 13:46 UTC
1.9 178 km W of Adak, Alaska 17:48 UTC
2.1 163 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 20:55 UTC
2.5 202 km W of Adak, Alaska 14:51 UTC
2.6 187 km W of Adak, Alaska 04:56 UTC
2.9 140 km W of Adak, Alaska 15:04 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 16:40 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
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ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

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