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M 4.5mwr

Earthquake near Homer, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Homer in the 24 hours to 7:00 am AKST (16:00 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 71 km (44 mi) NNE, at 2:30 am AKST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 115 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Homer

This page: a magnitude 4.5 earthquake was recorded in Homer, AK, at 5:20 am AKDT on 1 September 2024 (13:20 UTC), 48 km deep. 251 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 1 km E of Homer, Alaska

5:20 am AKDT, Sep 1, 2024 · · 48 km deep · released about 85 tons of TNT

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When
5:20 am AKDT on 1 September 2024 ()
Where
in Homer, AK · earthquakes near Homer
Magnitude
M 4.5 (mwr)
Depth
48 km below the surface
Felt
251 reports · strongest reported intensity VI
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
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Tsunami
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Nearest
Kenai Peninsula Borough, 92 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 487 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 131 km (81 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.

Likely felt in: Homer in town, intensity III · Diamond Ridge 4 km, intensity III · Fritz Creek 16 km, intensity III · Anchor Point 23 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 85 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 2,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.5 about 85 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 180× 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 5.4 on 2023-03-19 — about 22 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 11 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 25 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 46 km WSW of this epicentre
  2. 6.2 16 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 48 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 6 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 37 km ENE of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 13 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 48 km NE of this epicentre
  5. 5.7 30 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 47 km SSE 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 59.6425, -151.5216. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 92 km (57 mi) NNW 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. 1.9 14 km W of Fox River, Alaska
  2. 1.8 8 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska
  3. 1.6 10 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska
  4. 2.0 4 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska
  5. 2.0 4 km SE of Homer, Alaska
  6. 1.7 4 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
  7. 1.9 5 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska
  8. 2.0 3 km W of Diamond Ridge, Alaska
  9. 1.5 7 km N of Nikolaevsk, Alaska
  10. 1.7 6 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska
  11. 2.9 5 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska
  12. 1.9 8 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
  13. 1.6 2 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska
  14. 1.7 31 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska
  15. 1.6 7 km WNW of Happy Valley, 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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