147 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska

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 21 km (13 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 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 5.1 on 2022-09-20 — about 11,000 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. 7.0 113 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 37 km W of this epicentre May 4, 1923
2. 6.9 143 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 7 km WSW of this epicentre Feb 13, 1951
3. 6.9 171 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 24 km ESE of this epicentre Feb 6, 1964
4. 6.6 128 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 41 km WSW of this epicentre Jul 28, 1934
5. 6.3 112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 48 km NNW of this epicentre Feb 25, 1953

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 55.8279, -156.1807. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 2.5 147 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 17:30 UTC
2. 2.8 179 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 07:52 UTC
3. 3.1 164 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 14:29 UTC
4. 2.6 129 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 07:34 UTC
5. 3.1 110 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 01:08 UTC
6. 2.4 132 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 04:31 UTC
7. 2.1 135 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 13:25 UTC
8. 2.8 129 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 17:27 UTC
9. 1.7 142 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 03:40 UTC
10. 1.8 172 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 10:37 UTC
11. 3.0 178 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 01:42 UTC
12. 1.9 151 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 02:50 UTC
13. 2.2 129 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 12:51 UTC
14. 2.8 134 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 10:54 UTC
15. 2.7 133 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 19:23 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 03:56 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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