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M 1.8ml

93 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 93 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska, at 11:14 am AKST on 16 November 2024 (20:14 UTC), 10 km deep.

· 10 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 693 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 9 km (6 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 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 5.6 on 2017-08-31 — about 500,000 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. 6.0 62 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 46 km WNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.6 62 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 33 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 5.5 73 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 46 km ENE of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 73 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 29 km WNW of this epicentre
  5. 5.4 81 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 48 km SSW 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 58.7969, -153.6918. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 51 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska
  2. 1.7 90 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska
  3. 1.9 65 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska
  4. 1.8 88 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska
  5. 2.3 91 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska
  6. 1.7 83 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska
  7. 1.8 66 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska
  8. 1.8 72 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska
  9. 2.5 77 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
  10. 1.8 81 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
  11. 1.8 94 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska
  12. 1.5 78 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska
  13. 1.7 61 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska
  14. 1.7 69 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska
  15. 1.9 54 km SE of Kokhanok, 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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