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M 4.2mwr

44 km WNW of Central, Alaska

· 14 km deep · released about 30 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 4.2 (mwr)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
289 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity V (ShakeMap)
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 401 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 289 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 5,600× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.2 about 30 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 63× 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.

Where

Epicentre 65.7752, -145.6491. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 15 km WNW of Central, Alaska
  2. 3.4 44 km WNW of Central, Alaska
  3. 1.9 18 km NW of Central, Alaska
  4. 1.5 41 km WNW of Central, Alaska
  5. 2.3 29 km WNW of Central, Alaska
  6. 1.6 23 km WNW of Central, Alaska
  7. 2.2 30 km WNW of Central, Alaska
  8. 1.6 41 km SW of Central, Alaska
  9. 1.6 25 km WNW of Central, Alaska
  10. 2.2 22 km WNW of Central, Alaska
  11. 2.0 16 km WNW of Central, Alaska
  12. 1.9 24 km WNW of Central, Alaska
  13. 2.1 17 km WNW of Central, Alaska
  14. 1.6 22 km W of Central, Alaska
  15. 1.6 44 km WNW of Central, 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.

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