237 km SSW of Adak, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was recorded 237 km SSW of Adak, Alaska at 21:58 UTC on 2017-03-02, 34 km deep.

2017-03-02 21:58 UTC · 34 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: 2017-03-02 21:58 UTC
Magnitude: M 4.2 (mb)
Depth: 34 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
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 107 km (66 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 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.

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 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

6.8 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 17 km WSW of this epicentre Jun 22, 1913
6.0 207 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 44 km N of this epicentre Feb 7, 1926
6.0 254 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 21 km WSW of this epicentre Jul 8, 1929
6.0 257 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 32 km W of this epicentre Jul 3, 1957

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

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

2.6 240 km SW of Adak, Alaska 07:20 UTC
3.8 249 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 18:35 UTC
2.5 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 16:23 UTC
2.5 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 22:59 UTC
2.1 203 km SW of Adak, Alaska 21:13 UTC
2.4 227 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 03:48 UTC
2.7 245 km SW of Adak, Alaska 12:59 UTC
2.3 238 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 09:29 UTC
2.6 217 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 18:02 UTC
3.5 237 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 07:11 UTC
3.4 204 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 16:41 UTC
2.8 239 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 09:16 UTC
1.9 211 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 11:59 UTC
2.1 242 km SW of Adak, Alaska 14:22 UTC
1.9 254 km SW of Adak, Alaska 12:53 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 16:46 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
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ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

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