195 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska

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 170 km (106 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 240 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 710× the energy of this one
2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32× the energy of this one
3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 4.8 about 240 tons of TNT
5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 500× 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. The previous largest was M 4.7 on 2021-07-29.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

1. 6.9 171 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 43 km NNW of this epicentre Feb 6, 1964
2. 6.2 148 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 47 km NNE of this epicentre Nov 10, 1944
3. 6.1 210 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 24 km SSW of this epicentre Nov 15, 1955
4. 6.0 223 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 31 km S of this epicentre Nov 7, 1928
5. 5.9 169 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 39 km NW of this epicentre Feb 6, 1964

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 55.3696, -155.5474. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 2.4 162 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 11:42 UTC
2. 2.6 182 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 06:44 UTC
3. 2.4 194 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 07:21 UTC
4. 2.3 183 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 19:23 UTC
5. 2.3 170 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 04:42 UTC
6. 2.5 191 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 10:20 UTC
7. 2.7 183 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 09:01 UTC
8. 3.6 192 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 08:30 UTC
9. 2.5 190 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 17:58 UTC
10. 2.8 186 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 13:19 UTC
11. 3.2 231 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 02:40 UTC
12. 2.8 184 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 01:24 UTC
13. 3.3 186 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 11:06 UTC
14. 3.3 186 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 11:04 UTC
15. 2.5 170 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 19:29 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 12:11 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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