141 km S of False Pass, Alaska

This was a moderate earthquake. Shaking at this size can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 kilotons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 6.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

1. Ridgecrest, California 2019 M 7.1 63× the energy of this one
2. Loma Prieta, California 1989 M 6.9 32× the energy of this one
3. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 16× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 5.9 about 11 kilotons of TNT
5. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 this one released 1.4× more
6. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 this one released 2× 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 53.5855, -163.2650. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 2.4 93 km S of False Pass, Alaska 03:09 UTC
2. 3.2 153 km S of False Pass, Alaska 18:01 UTC
3. 4.9 135 km S of False Pass, Alaska 08:36 UTC
4. 2.6 Unimak Island region, Alaska 05:08 UTC
5. 3.4 131 km S of False Pass, Alaska 01:53 UTC
6. 2.5 126 km S of False Pass, Alaska 00:17 UTC
7. 3.3 150 km S of False Pass, Alaska 23:59 UTC
8. 2.5 150 km S of False Pass, Alaska 23:52 UTC
9. 2.4 149 km S of False Pass, Alaska 23:20 UTC
10. 2.5 156 km S of False Pass, Alaska 23:11 UTC
11. 2.5 157 km S of False Pass, Alaska 23:09 UTC
12. 3.3 159 km S of False Pass, Alaska 22:59 UTC
13. 2.6 155 km S of False Pass, Alaska 22:54 UTC
14. 4.2 139 km S of False Pass, Alaska 22:46 UTC
15. 2.5 152 km S of False Pass, Alaska 21:34 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 07:26 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 5.0 on 2016-06-18.

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
• Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
• ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

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