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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Kalifornsky, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Kalifornsky in the 24 hours to 5:02 pm AKST (02:02 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 31 km (20 mi) SE, at 2:30 am AKST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 115 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Kalifornsky

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 22 km (14 mi) south of Kalifornsky, AK, at 8:19 pm AKST on 18 November 2025 (05:19 UTC), 7.5 km deep.

USGS: 9 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska

8:19 pm AKST, Nov 18, 2025 · · 7.5 km deep · released about 8.4 lb of TNT

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When
8:19 pm AKST on 18 November 2025 ()
Where
22 km (14 mi) south of Kalifornsky, AK · earthquakes near Kalifornsky
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
7.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kenai Peninsula Borough, 63 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 345 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. In Kalifornsky, 22 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Cohoe.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 8.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.4 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 5.3 on 2017-05-07 — about 320,000 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. 6.0 31 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 31 km E of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 6 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 50 km SSE of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 13 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 31 km SSE of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 13 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 45 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.2 17 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 27 km WNW 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 60.2242, -151.2158. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 63 km (39 mi) WNW earthquakes near Kenai Peninsula Borough
Anchorage Municipality, AK 149 km (93 mi) NE earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 22 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska
  2. 2.2 5 km NNE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  3. 2.9 6 km SW of Funny River, Alaska
  4. 1.6 3 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
  5. 2.3 5 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska
  6. 2.2 16 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  7. 1.9 3 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  8. 2.1 29 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska
  9. 2.1 12 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  10. 2.4 2 km NNW of Ridgeway, Alaska
  11. 2.0 10 km NW of Sterling, Alaska
  12. 2.3 3 km W of Fox River, Alaska
  13. 2.5 32 km S of Funny River, Alaska
  14. 1.9 6 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska
  15. 1.8 8 km N of Fritz Creek, 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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