150 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 150 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska at 21:34 UTC on 2024-12-05, 12 km deep.

2024-12-05 21:34 UTC · 12 km deep · released about 480 lb of TNT

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: 2024-12-05 21:34 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.8 (ml)
Depth: 12 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 636 days ago · we first saw it 636 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 24 km (15 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 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 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 4.8 on 2021-07-29 — about 1,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

6.9 171 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 34 km W of this epicentre Feb 6, 1964
6.2 108 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 46 km NE of this epicentre May 9, 1939
6.2 148 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 6 km E of this epicentre Nov 10, 1944
6.0 108 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 42 km NNE of this epicentre Jun 27, 1948
5.9 124 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 28 km NE of this epicentre Nov 11, 1938

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

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Aftershocks so far

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

2.7 183 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 03:07 UTC
3.0 183 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 02:19 UTC
2.6 156 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 21:50 UTC
2.9 155 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 21:11 UTC
2.4 156 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 09:56 UTC
3.1 150 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 16:53 UTC
2.3 172 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 03:46 UTC
2.8 179 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 07:52 UTC
2.7 149 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 17:46 UTC
1.8 159 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 16:10 UTC
1.8 172 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 10:37 UTC
2.7 147 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 18:30 UTC
2.3 113 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 07:54 UTC
2.9 149 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 23:12 UTC
2.7 126 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 02:31 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 13:47 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
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ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

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