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M 4.1mb

Earthquake near Dutch Harbor, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Dutch Harbor in the 24 hours to 7:57 am AKST (16:57 UTC). The last one was M 4.4, 117 km (73 mi) ESE, at 3:00 pm AKST on 11 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Dutch Harbor

This page: a magnitude 4.1 earthquake was recorded 14 km (9 mi) west of Dutch Harbor, AK, at 4:34 pm AKDT on 15 June 2020 (00:34 UTC), 9.4 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 13 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska

4:34 pm AKDT, Jun 15, 2020 · · 9.4 km deep · released about 21 tons of TNT

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When
4:34 pm AKDT on 15 June 2020 ()
Where
14 km (9 mi) west of Dutch Harbor, AK · earthquakes near Dutch Harbor
Magnitude
M 4.1 (mb)
Depth
9.4 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2275 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 104 km (65 mi) from the epicentre. In Dutch Harbor, 14 km away, the estimate is intensity IV (light). 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: Unalaska 14 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 21 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 7,900× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.1 about 21 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 45× 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 4.8 on 2020-03-30 — about 11 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 13 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.2 36 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 50 km ESE of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 51 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 43 km SW of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 27 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 15 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 13 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 25 km ENE of this epicentre
  5. 5.4 48 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 36 km WSW of this epicentre

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 53.8928, -166.7522. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 15 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  2. 3.3 15 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska
  3. 3.2 16 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska
  4. 2.0 13 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska
  5. 1.8 16 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  6. 1.5 14 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  7. 1.6 13 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  8. 1.9 13 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  9. 1.8 15 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  10. 1.7 15 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  11. 1.6 17 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  12. 1.9 16 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  13. 1.7 15 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  14. 1.9 16 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  15. 2.6 17 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, 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.

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