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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

Alaska Peninsula

Yes. A magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded in the Alaska Peninsula at 21:18 UTC on 2023-06-21, 111 km deep.

· 111 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lake and Peninsula Borough 48 kmKodiak Island Borough 106 kmBristol Bay Borough 116 km
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
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
111 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lake and Peninsula Borough, 48 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1234 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. 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 in our catalogue was M 5.2 on 2019-01-22 — about 350,000 times the energy of this one.

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 57.9699, -155.6363. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK 48 km (30 mi) WNW earthquakes near Lake and Peninsula Borough
Kodiak Island Borough, AK 106 km (66 mi) ESE earthquakes near Kodiak Island Borough
Bristol Bay Borough, AK 116 km (72 mi) NW earthquakes near Bristol Bay Borough

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 90 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska
  2. 2.1 90 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska
  3. 1.8 90 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska
  4. 1.5 89 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska
  5. 1.6 89 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska
  6. 2.8 83 km NW of Karluk, Alaska
  7. 1.7 87 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska
  8. 1.6 91 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska
  9. 1.7 91 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska
  10. 1.9 90 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska
  11. 1.6 88 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska
  12. 1.5 84 km W of Karluk, Alaska
  13. 2.0 82 km NW of Karluk, Alaska
  14. 2.3 91 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska
  15. 1.7 Alaska Peninsula

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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