208 km W of Adak, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 4.5 earthquake was recorded 208 km W of Adak, Alaska at 18:51 UTC on 2018-05-03, 80 km deep.

2018-05-03 18:51 UTC · 80 km deep · released about 85 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: 2018-05-03 18:51 UTC
Magnitude: M 4.5 (mb)
Depth: 80 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1188 days ago · we first saw it 1188 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 114 km (71 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 85 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 2,000× the energy of this one
Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 4.5 about 85 tons of TNT
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 180× 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 since 2016 was M 5.2 on 2016-11-23 — about 11 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 24 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

6.7 205 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 36 km SSE of this epicentre Oct 13, 1926
6.7 221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 40 km SSW of this epicentre Jun 20, 1955
6.6 193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 43 km SSE of this epicentre Apr 17, 1954
6.6 174 km W of Adak, Alaska · 34 km E of this epicentre Apr 16, 2008
6.4 187 km W of Adak, Alaska · 21 km E of this epicentre Apr 15, 2008

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.

2.2 194 km W of Adak, Alaska 13:50 UTC
2.3 202 km W of Adak, Alaska 01:28 UTC
2.7 226 km W of Adak, Alaska 09:08 UTC
4.8 232 km W of Adak, Alaska 03:42 UTC
3.8 208 km W of Adak, Alaska 18:16 UTC
2.4 212 km W of Adak, Alaska 07:55 UTC
2.8 201 km W of Adak, Alaska 04:02 UTC
4.0 215 km W of Adak, Alaska 06:06 UTC
2.6 198 km W of Adak, Alaska 10:27 UTC
2.3 195 km W of Adak, Alaska 14:37 UTC
2.2 225 km W of Adak, Alaska 06:23 UTC
2.0 211 km W of Adak, Alaska 14:25 UTC
2.5 220 km W of Adak, Alaska 23:39 UTC
1.8 188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 06:33 UTC
1.7 204 km W of Adak, Alaska 07:37 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 06:28 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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