199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 199 km WSW of Adak, Alaska at 15:00 UTC on 2021-09-06, 16 km deep.

2021-09-06 15:00 UTC · 16 km deep · released about 480 lb 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: 2021-09-06 15:00 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.8 (ml)
Depth: 16 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1823 days ago · we first saw it 1823 days ago

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 22 km (14 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 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 lb of TNT

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 5.6 on 2021-02-19 — about 16,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 142 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

7.2 207 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 49 km NNW of this epicentre Dec 19, 2007
6.9 203 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 46 km NNW of this epicentre Mar 31, 1913
6.8 177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 37 km NNE of this epicentre Oct 7, 1989
6.7 194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 33 km NNW of this epicentre Sep 12, 1969
6.7 192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 27 km NNW of this epicentre May 24, 1978

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.

3.1 155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 11:28 UTC
2.9 212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 08:02 UTC
2.3 202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 22:34 UTC
2.3 184 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 04:37 UTC
3.7 200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 07:23 UTC
2.1 212 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 19:48 UTC
1.9 187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 17:17 UTC
3.0 197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 09:49 UTC
2.8 221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 15:39 UTC
2.3 216 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 06:26 UTC
2.6 213 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 01:13 UTC
2.2 204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 21:31 UTC
1.8 180 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 00:09 UTC
2.0 173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 09:18 UTC
2.1 226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 03:15 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 09:22 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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