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M 2.8ml

198 km SE of Akutan, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 198 km SE of Akutan, Alaska at 21:40 UTC on 2019-06-20, 10 km deep.

· 10 km deep · released about 480 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest mapped fault
Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone, 4 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2620 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 25 km (16 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
  4. 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 4.4 on 2016-07-19 — about 250 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.2 184 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 37 km NNE of this epicentre
  2. 6.2 156 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 42 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 39 km NE of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 228 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 40 km E of this epicentre
  5. 5.5 218 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 30 km S 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 52.8772, -163.6603. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 185 km S of False Pass, Alaska
  2. 2.1 174 km S of False Pass, Alaska
  3. 2.6 197 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
  4. 3.7 152 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
  5. 2.2 247 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
  6. 2.1 148 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
  7. 2.5 184 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
  8. 2.2 Unimak Island region, Alaska
  9. 2.5 218 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
  10. 2.3 182 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
  11. 2.7 231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
  12. 2.8 238 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
  13. 2.3 220 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
  14. 2.2 201 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
  15. 3.2 219 km SE of Akutan, 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

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