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M 3.2ml
Earthquake near Skagway, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in Skagway in the 24 hours to 7:52 pm AKST (04:52 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 49 km (30 mi) WNW, at 3:19 am AKDT on 8 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Skagway
This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 37 km (23 mi) east of Skagway, AK, at 6:22 pm AKDT on 29 May 2017 (02:22 UTC), 12 km deep.
USGS: 37 km E of Skagway, Alaska
- When
- 6:22 pm AKDT on 29 May 2017 ()
- Where
- 37 km (23 mi) east of Skagway, AK · earthquakes near Skagway
- Magnitude
- M 3.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Skagway Municipality, 40 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1192 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 45 km (28 mi) from the epicentre. In Skagway, 37 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.
Likely felt in: Skagway 37 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,900 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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
Epicentre 59.4658, -134.6563. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skagway Municipality, AK | 40 km (25 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Skagway Municipality |
| Haines Borough, AK | 66 km (41 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Haines Borough |
| Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK | 138 km (85 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Hoonah-Angoon Census Area |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
26 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.5 26 km E of Mud Bay, Alaska
- 2.3 34 km E of Skagway, Alaska
- 3.3 48 km ESE of Mud Bay, Alaska
- 1.8 52 km E of Mud Bay, Alaska
- 1.9 51 km E of Mud Bay, Alaska
- 1.8 37 km ESE of Mud Bay, Alaska
- 1.8 44 km ESE of Skagway, Alaska
- 2.0 50 km ESE of Mud Bay, Alaska
- 2.4 51 km ESE of Mud Bay, Alaska
- 4.2 51 km ESE of Mud Bay, Alaska
- 1.7 36 km ESE of Skagway, Alaska
- 1.6 47 km ESE of Skagway, Alaska
- 1.6 29 km ESE of Mud Bay, Alaska
- 1.7 48 km ESE of Skagway, Alaska
- 1.7 16 km SE of Skagway, Alaska
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . 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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