24 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska

2026-04-29 02:36 UTC · 48 km deep · released about 30 tons 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: 2026-04-29 02:36 UTC
Magnitude: M 4.2 (ml)
Depth: 48 km below the surface
Felt: 18 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking: intensity IV (ShakeMap)
Nearest: Kodiak Island Borough, 95 km WNW
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 78 days ago · we first saw it 78 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 18 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.

Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 5,600× the energy of this one
Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 4.2 about 30 tons of TNT
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

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Epicentre 57.4090, -152.4320. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Kodiak Island Borough, AK	95 km (59 mi)	ESE of here	earthquakes near Kodiak Island Borough

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.4 25 km S of Womens Bay, Alaska 21:30 UTC
2.4 12 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska 12:11 UTC
1.8 14 km SSE of Womens Bay, Alaska 04:38 UTC
2.1 17 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska 12:21 UTC
3.0 8 km NNE of Kodiak Station, Alaska 15:11 UTC
2.4 35 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska 00:00 UTC
1.8 37 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska 09:48 UTC
2.7 22 km S of Chiniak, Alaska 17:21 UTC
2.4 17 km SW of Chiniak, Alaska 20:14 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 10:47 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.1 on 2017-03-05.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

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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