Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.7mb
35 km SW of False Pass, Alaska
Yes. A magnitude 3.7 earthquake was recorded 35 km SW of False Pass, Alaska, at 8:34 am AKDT on 17 October 2026 (16:34 UTC), 142 km deep. No felt reports to USGS yet.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.7 (mb)
- Depth
- 142 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Aleutians East Borough, 134 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 4 hours ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. 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 5.4 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 32,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.7 about 5.4 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 11× 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 4.9 on 2020-05-09 — about 63 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.5 79 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 45 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.9 27 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 26 km N of this epicentre
- 5.9 14 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 49 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.6 52 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 19 km S of this epicentre
- 5.4 79 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 45 km SSW 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 54.6327, -163.8028. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleutians East Borough, AK | 134 km (83 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Aleutians East Borough |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
No further earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.