166 km S of Adak, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 4.7 earthquake was recorded 166 km S of Adak, Alaska at 07:09 UTC on 2016-11-29, 31 km deep.

2016-11-29 07:09 UTC · 31 km deep · released about 170 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: 2016-11-29 07:09 UTC
Magnitude: M 4.7 (mb)
Depth: 31 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest mapped fault: Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone, 11 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1198 days ago · we first saw it 1198 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 156 km (97 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 170 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 1,000× the energy of this one
Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 4.7 about 170 tons of TNT
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 350× 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km (31 mi) since our catalogue begins in 2016. No other earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded this close in that time.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 11 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

6.4 146 km S of Adak, Alaska · 48 km WNW of this epicentre Mar 10, 1957
6.3 159 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 43 km ENE of this epicentre Apr 3, 1915
5.8 176 km S of Adak, Alaska · 48 km WSW of this epicentre Apr 10, 1957
5.8 164 km S of Adak, Alaska · 37 km W of this epicentre Dec 8, 1962
5.7 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 27 km S of this epicentre Feb 5, 1981

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

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

4.5 161 km S of Adak, Alaska 13:27 UTC
1.8 147 km S of Adak, Alaska 11:56 UTC
1.9 180 km S of Adak, Alaska 01:42 UTC
1.6 183 km S of Adak, Alaska 13:01 UTC
2.5 188 km S of Adak, Alaska 20:20 UTC
2.2 170 km S of Adak, Alaska 14:52 UTC
2.5 165 km SSE of Adak, Alaska 00:15 UTC
2.8 193 km S of Adak, Alaska 13:50 UTC
3.1 149 km SSE of Adak, Alaska 10:03 UTC
1.9 177 km S of Adak, Alaska 04:04 UTC
3.3 179 km SSE of Adak, Alaska 21:50 UTC
2.1 180 km S of Adak, Alaska 23:51 UTC
2.8 178 km S of Adak, Alaska 06:38 UTC
2.0 160 km S of Adak, Alaska 22:53 UTC
2.7 167 km S of Adak, Alaska 22:27 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 03:34 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
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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