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M 2.7ml

52 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 52 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska, at 10:53 am AKDT on 12 August 2024 (18:53 UTC), 12 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

· 12 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 39 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 748 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 22 km (14 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 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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 6.1 on 2021-05-31 — about 130,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 5.8 37 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 23 km WNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 14 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 47 km SSW of this epicentre
  3. 5.3 55 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 32 km E of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 25 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 33 km W of this epicentre
  5. 5.0 59 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 44 km ENE 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 62.2469, -148.7593. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 39 km (24 mi) W earthquakes near Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Anchorage Municipality, AK 122 km (76 mi) SSW earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 45 km E of Chase, Alaska
  2. 3.0 70 km ENE of Chase, Alaska
  3. 1.6 19 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska
  4. 1.6 59 km E of Chase, Alaska
  5. 2.0 32 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska
  6. 1.7 17 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
  7. 1.7 52 km E of Chase, Alaska
  8. 1.8 24 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska
  9. 1.5 24 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska
  10. 1.7 23 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska
  11. 1.5 68 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska
  12. 2.5 82 km ENE of Chase, Alaska
  13. 1.5 54 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska
  14. 1.7 36 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska
  15. 1.8 43 km NE of Susitna North, 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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